For the past two and a half years, I have been paying more attention to my physical health than at almost any other point in my life. Food. Movement. Sleep. Recovery. Not obsessively, but curiously. What works? What doesn't? What can I sustain? And lately, a different question started bothering me: What am I trying to be healthy for? What am I trying to be fit for? And more broadly: What are we performing for? Problem: Performance without Purpose For years, I thought physica

Since returning to Vienna, many conversations have started with questions about my summer. What was it like working remotely from Vietnam for six weeks? What did Japan teach me? Could I imagine living and working differently after all this? But sooner or later, someone turns the tables on me: “You spend your days partnering with people on their careers. So, tell me, Dilek, where do you think all this is going?” With AI changing everything, what should we prepare ourselves for

I have to admit something honestly. As a business owner managing many things on my own, as a mother of two, and as a professional carrying both business and family responsibilities, I do not attend professional events as often as I would actually like to. But every single time I do, I leave with the same thought: I should do this more often! Last week at ViennaUP 2026, during co-moderating the stage at Tech Summit-Road to Global event, I found myself reflecting once again on