Hamdi Ulukaya: The anti-CEO playbook
حمدي أولوكايا: الدليل المخالف للمدير التنفيذي
Hamdi Ulukaya is a pioneer of the natural food movement and the founder of Chobani, one of the fastest-growing food companies of the last decade. Full bio
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drives of my life.
I received a flyer in the mail
عبر بريدي الإلكتروني
yogurt plant for sale."
I picked it up and called the number.
or my life was going.
أو إلي أين تمضي بي حياتي.
and the smells are all familiar.
جميعها مألوفة.
in a similar environment,
simple food, each other.
والطعام البسيط وبعضنا البعض.
that said "Dead end."
المكتوب عليها: "طريق مسدود".
left out in the sun.
there were cracks everywhere.
وهناك تشققات في كل مكان.
the owners thought it was worthless.
واعتقد مُلاكه أنه بلا قيمة.
to break the plant apart
show me around.
he would point out some stories.
made cream cheese before that.
was closing on his watch.
they left for wars,
وحيث غادروا للحرب،
and report cards.
والتقارير المدرسية.
wasn't just giving up on yogurt,
how these people were behaving.
التي كان يتصرف بها هؤلاء الأشخاص.
closing this factory.
they don't tell you about communities.
business decisions are made today.
من القرارات التجارية اليوم.
after what I saw.
I called Mario, my lawyer.
هاتفت محاميّ ماريو.
"Mario, I want to buy this place."
"ماريو، أريد شراء هذا المكان".
in the world is closing this place,
في العالم تُغلق هذا المكان،
of the yogurt business.
I really want to buy this place."
I had the keys for this factory.
كانت معي مفاتيح هذا المصنع.
of the original 55 people.
من الخمسة وخمسين شخصًا الأصليين.
the plant, the production guy.
are we going to do now?"
as if I have the magic answer.
the walls outside."
we’ll do that,
more ideas than that."
that was the only idea I had.
to me if I told them,
and never tasted before.
it means 'shepherd' in Turkish."
وهو يعني 'راعي الأغنام' في التركية."
all of the 55 employees back,
and then 100 more after,
"You see that town over there?
10 more local jobs will be created.
the trucks will be all over the roads.
وستملأ الشاحنات الطرق.
Little League baseball fields
لدوري الصغار
Greek yogurt brand in the country."
في الدولة".
we never left the factory.
through the holidays,
who were given up on
100 times better than before.
أفضل مائة مرة من ذي قبل.
in the company today.
I don't come from that tradition --
ولم أنحدر من هذا التقليد...
What is this all about?
ما الهدف من كل هذا؟
أن الهدف هو الأرباح.
أن الهدف هو المال.
it's about shareholders.
أن الهدف هو المساهمون.
it's factories, communities, jobs.
بالمصانع وبالشركات وبالوظائف.
يعانون بدلًا منهم.
goes up and up and up.
أكثر وأكثر.
and CEOs for the last 40 years
والمديرين التنفيذين للأربعين سنة الماضية
that sees people again.
ينظر إلى الأشخاص من جديد.
for people who take a different path
على الأشخاص الذين يسلكون طريقًا مختلفًا
and we need an anti-CEO playbook.
ونحتاج دليلًا مخالفًا للمدير التنفيذي.
what this anti-CEO playbook is all about.
من هذا الدليل المخالف للمدير التنفيذي.
بالامتنان.
for the shareholders.
هو تحقيق أعلى قدر من الأرباح للمساهمين.
I've ever heard in my life.
of their employees first.
أن تهتم بموظفيها أولًا.
shares to all our 2,000 employees,
لجميع موظفينا الذين يبلغ عددهم 2000،
some said it's a gift.
بالعلاقات العامة، وقال آخرون إنها هدية.
and with their hard work,
you take care of first.
is about community.
يتعلق بالمجتمع.
التي تحظى بكل شيء
and incentives can you give me?"
الضريبية والحوافز يمكنكم أن تمنحوني؟"
to the struggling communities
المجتمعات المكافحة
our second yogurt plant,
didn't have much incentives.
وليس بها الكثير من الحوافز.
I met with the farmers.
are coming up every year.
any trained workers here."
the local community college,
for advanced manufacturing.
على الصناعة المُتقدمة.
of the largest yogurt plants in the world.
من أكبر مصانع الزبادي في العالم.
التي بإمكانكم أن تكونوا جزءًا منها.
that you can be part of.
and succeed together.
وانجحوا معًا.
is about responsibility.
يتعلق بالمسؤولية.
should stay out of politics.
أن تبقى بعيدةً عن السياسة.
and looking for more people to hire,
ونبحث عن أشخاص أكثر لنوظفهم،
from Southeast Asia and Africa,
someone told me.
Let's get translators."
لنأتي بمترجمين".
it's not a rocket science."
are immigrants and refugees.
هم مهاجرون ولاجئون.
in the best position to make a change
على إحداث التغيير
in refugees, in race.
is about accountability.
يتعلق بالمساءلة.
to the corporate boards.
يعمل تحت إشراف مجلس الإدارة.
تحت إشراف المُستهلك.
was my personal number.
هو رقمي الخاص.
I responded personally.
كنت أرد عليه شخصيًا.
based on what I heard,
بناءً على ما كنت أسمعه،
في أن الأعمال التجارية موجودة.
is in power to make changes today.
في وضع قوة يُمكنه من إحداث التغييرات.
and the companies,
that are doing it right,
in our responsibility.
not to the corporate boards.
وليست مجالس الإدارة.
people working for you
playbook is all about.
الدليل المخالف للمدير التنفيذي.
in that factory --
all across the world.
في جميع أنحاء العالم.
all around the world
to give them a chance again,
but build it better than before.
لكن لبناء أفضل من ذي قبل.
between return on investment
in upstate New York and Idaho,
وفي أيداهو،
and village across the world.
حول العالم.
painting the walls.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Hamdi Ulukaya - Yogurt maker, humanitarianHamdi Ulukaya is a pioneer of the natural food movement and the founder of Chobani, one of the fastest-growing food companies of the last decade.
Why you should listen
Hamdi Ulukaya was raised in a dairy-farming family in a small village in eastern Turkey. He launched Chobani in 2007 with the mission and vision of making better food more accessible. In less than five years, Chobani became the number-one-selling Greek yogurt brand in the US, with more than a billion dollars in annual sales.
An advocate of reducing income and wealth inequality nationwide, Ulukaya implemented innovative profit-sharing and paid parental leave programs for Chobani's 2,000 employees. He founded the Tent Partnership for Refugees to improve the lives of more than 25 million refugees around the globe. He also signed the Giving Pledge, committing the majority of his personal wealth to the cause.
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