Burçak Yıldırım Orhan

I started my first business while at university. Following a career in banking and business development, I founded Tezgahçılar, The Leapers Türkiye and, later, The Leapers UK. I am also a co-founder of KATALOQ and BUE Farm, and invest in early-stage ventures.

Over 12 years of working with more than 450 companies, I have focused on understanding what organisations need now and what they will need next. Today, that experience informs technology products including the TAP assessment platform and Archia business simulations.

After studying Business Administration at Uludağ University, I completed the Intensive Communication Program at UCLA Extension and an Instructional Design programme at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I am currently pursuing a master’s degree in Organisational and Business Psychology at the University of Wolverhampton.

I have designed more than 250 learning experiences and contributed to the development of over 100 trainers and professionals. My work and ventures have received international awards.

I explore business problems through psychology, learning challenges through technology, and venture ideas through human behaviour. Drawing on different disciplines helps me see needs from another angle and develop new solutions.

Art, literature, cinema, theatre and the natural world are also part of how I think. In my writing, I explore the questions opened up by what I read and the experiences I encounter.