For two years, I have shown up here every single day.
I wrote about leadership. I shared lessons from over 20 years of building companies across the globe. My goal was always to help professionals grow faster and avoid the mistakes I made in the past.
But recently, I felt a disconnect.
The advice was true, but it was safe. It was theory.
Meanwhile, my actual days are filled with the raw, messy and exhilarating reality of building DORIX. I am in the trenches. I am making hard decisions about product design, steering through the challenges of the UK market and defining what a legacy brand looks like in 2025.
I realised that sharing actions from ten years ago is not nearly as valuable as showing current actions today.
A textbook can teach management. Only a real business can teach resilience.
So I made a decision. I am stopping the general advice. I am opening the doors to my office.
I want to turn this profile into a live case study. I want to share the real challenges as they happen, not just the polished success stories after the fact.
From now on, I will be posting 3 times a week. I am going to pull back the curtain on three specific areas:
1. The War Room
The real decisions. The hard conversations. The moments where leadership is not about a framework but about a gut check.
2. The DORIX Vision
Why do we obsess over the weight of smart access solutions? I will share the philosophy behind “Beyond Access” and how we build technology that feels human.
3. The Industry View
My honest take on where the market is going and the future of global and UK access control.
This is not just for observation. It is for collective learning.
When I share a hurdle we are facing, receiving different perspectives is invaluable. I believe we must learn every second of our lives, and there is just as much to learn from this network as there is to share.
To my 30,000 followers, thank you for the support, and welcome to the new ones joining this journey to grow together.
The theory class is dismissed. The real work begins now.
Let’s build.
Ali Aydan: I stared at my screen yesterday and realised something was missing.
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