About

We don’t lecture; we get you rehearsing.

Atlas Talks was founded by Derin Akademi, with more than 30 years of experience in HR and management development. You work through a difficult conversation out loud, before the real moment comes, with a character who answers back; then you review that moment together with the Coach.

  • A platform developed in-house by Derin Akademi.
  • Designed for the Turkish language and Turkish working life.
  • The content of the cases, the characters and the Coach was written under the direction of Hakan Selahi.
organisations served
40+
years of experience
30+
different sectors
7+
client satisfaction
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Derin Akademi’s track record

Training is not an event; it is a change in behaviour.

We build systems that work, not systems that just explain.

Derin Akademi

For more than thirty years, Derin Akademi has served organisations in management development, competency assessment, corporate training and rebuilding HR processes. It has worked with more than forty organisations, from finance to healthcare and from manufacturing to retail.

Over those years we met the same gap again and again: a manager knows what to do in a difficult conversation, but cannot do it when the moment comes. The knowledge stays in the classroom; the conversation happens with a real employee, with real stakes.

Atlas Talks was born to close that gap. You try out what you have learned in a safe place, with a character who reacts to you realistically. After the rehearsal the Coach opens up that moment with you, and you see your progress over time.

Hakan Selahi in a light blue shirt, wearing glasses and smiling

Founder

Hakan Selahi

HR Strategist · ACC Coach · Institutionalisation Consultant and Trainer

Hakan Selahi, founder of Derin Akademi, has more than 30 years of experience and has given consultancy and tailored in-house training to more than forty Turkish and foreign-owned companies. He led as CHRO and HR director at HSBC, Deutsche Bank and Acıbadem Sağlık. His areas of expertise are institutionalisation design, and performance and talent management.

At Atlas Talks he leads the content of the cases, the characters and the Coach: every case is a rehearsal of a moment that has happened many times in real workplaces.

  • Adler ACC certified coach
  • NLP practitioner
  • ICF member
  • TEGEP member
“Hakan Bey, all the best with your work. The HR specialists who work with you are very lucky; they have a lot to learn from you.”
Nilay A.Human Resources Management

How we work

  1. 01

    Depth, not surface

    Every case is built on a character and a crafted moment; the difficulty rises as you become ready.

  2. 02

    Repetition, not a one-off

    The Super Coach brings the behaviour you are working on back to you at intervals; change comes through repetition, not from a single rehearsal.

  3. 03

    A safe space

    The conversation stays with the person; the employer does not see its content, and no one is given a score. Making mistakes here costs little.

  4. 04

    From this land

    The characters, tones and situations come from Turkish working life; they were written here, not translated.

Atlas Talks is a brand of Derin Akademi in Türkiye and of Scormy abroad.

Derin Akademi’s training and consultancy

Have your next difficult conversation here first.