Listen to the recording of our panel discussion event on neurodiversity with MK Kirigin, Héloïse Thon, Ashley Sigmon! Neurodiversity has recently been increasingly recognised as one of the pillars of corporate DEI efforts. In particular, neurodiversity in the workplace examines whether an organisation supports neurodiverse candidates and workers, t…

What does parental leave look like in different countries? What is the optimal model and what can companies do to make it easier for parents to return to their jobs? In this episode, we sat down with experienced leaders Renata Mrazova and Evgeniy Akulich to hear their views on this heavily debated topic, including the ultimate question: do you have…

What is hybrid leadership? How is it applied in a regular workday? And how can leaders deal with challenges that the future of work holds? In this episode, we sat down with Violeta Luca from Microsoft and Ravi Ram from edtech company Springboard. Tune in to hear perspectives on hybrid work from a corporate giant and a Silicon Valley startup! About …

What assumptions do you think are made when it comes to culture, nationality or ethnicity? What can people and companies stop or start doing to help everyone feel included in the workplace? We invited Tereza De Bardi and Alexis Jenkins to get a European as well as an American opinion on this! About the speakers: Tereza De Bardi Tereza is by profess…

What are the biases towards LGBT+ people and how do we reinforce them? How can companies prevent unfairness in the workplace and we all can do to help everyone feel safe? We invited Lucie Bajgart and Matej Ftacnik to discuss this and more! About the guests: Lucie Bajgart Lucie is a freelance designer working with international clients from her stud…

How do you practice leading with empathy? How do you develop such a skill? How to be empathetic yet assertive? We discussed this and more with Azeneth Ferrero Russell and Michal Ptacek! About the guests: Azeneth Ferrero Russell is the Global Business Evolution Director at CEMEX, a global building materials company, and the Country Manager of Neoris…

How do people negotiate when they are hired? What are the best practices of successful salary negotiation? When is the right time to negotiate? We discussed this and more with Tereza Machackova and Matej Matolin! About the guests: Tereza Machackova is a Talent Partner at Credo Ventures where she helps portfolio companies to be successful in People …

What makes a good leader? What are the most common leadership mistakes? What are some of the leadership specifics in the Czech environment? We discussed this and much more with Dita Formankova (Prikrylova) and Milan Formanek! About the guests: Dita is a co-founder and Non-executive Director of the Czech-based social business Czechitas that is inspi…

What biases do we see around ourselves and how do they affect us? What should we think twice before saying out loud? We discussed this and much more with Dinah Spritzer-Richter and Vladimir Prikryl! About the guests: For more than 20 years Dinah Spritzer-Richter worked as a journalist covering politics, education, minorities and gender issues in Eu…

Many of you know Petra Nulíčková from LinkedIn or thanks to the 2019 Recruiter of the year award. In 2016, Petra joined Alza.cz as an intern, and over time she was given more and more responsibilities, progressing in the organizational structure. At the moment, Petra and her team take care of four departments, looking for the most suitable colleagu…

Callee Ackland is a serial entrepreneur on a mission to arm you with the knowledge & tools you need to spark progressive change in your community. At age 23, Callee founded Bestowed Essentials – a social enterprise that creates eco-friendly products & provides jobs for people of all abilities. Their products are now stocked in more than 200 stores …

Pavlina Louzenska is a Marketing, Product and Business Consultant with focus on tech startups and fashion brands. She is a Lead Mentor in Google for Startups for Europe and Africa, as well as in various other accelerators and a Google Certified Trainer for Design Thinking. Pavlina is passionate about giving voice to underrepresented groups, leading…

Dana Pick has been the Founder and Managing Director of ReloCare since 2008. ReloCare is an immigration and relocation provider that gives support to HR on moving their newly hired or transferred employees to Czech Republic. Dana has led ReloCare with a high level of communication and customer care which they consider a unique and authentic asset. …

Julia is an expert on market systems development and trade with a focus on gender and women’s economic empowerment. She works as Senior Specialist at MarketShare Associates. Its a global firm, which believes that both public and private institutions should contribute to social transformation. Julia works with clients such as the IFC, World Bank or …

Jana Nováková Stará is a researcher and lecturer promoting wellness in both the Czech Republic and abroad. She has a passion for different cultures and traditions related to healthy living. In the past years she has studied wellness practices and philosophies wherever she could - in Denmark, Turkey and the US. She is a certified Wellness Inventory …

Anfisa Bogomolova is a user-centric designer with the entrepreneurial mindset and passion for helping other creatives. She was a freelance UX and Product designer for 6 years before moving to re-inventing daily work routines for employees in a product company. Anfisa is also a design trainer and Instagram blogger. Originally from Ukraine, she has l…

Jana Najbrtova is the founder and CEO of a non-profit agency, Seniorem s radostí (Superhero senior). Jana and her team help seniors stay active by organizing workshops, offering physical and mental training as well as legal help and fair job opportunities. Jana is also a yoga instructor and Decathlon ambassador. With Jana we talked about bringing c…

Hana Součková has been the Managing Director of SAP Czech Republic since August 2018. Hana joined SAP in 2014 as Head of Presales for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Since the very beginning she was working on close collaboration with sales and marketing departments. On August 1, 2018, she became Managing Director of SAP Czech Republic, leaving he…

Sandra Kisic is a former blogger, writer, my university classmate and recently positioned as content manager at Welcome to the Jungle. Sandra was born in Sarajevo, followed by a few years in Split and Tunisia before ending up in Prague. She is a passionate scuba diver, can say ‘thank you’ in 25 languages and dreams of living in a Wes Anderson film.…

Pavla Lokajova is a solo-preneur, journalist, Founding Member of Future Farm and a new mother to twins. Her passion lies in telling the stories of our time. Not quite finding her fit in traditional newsrooms, Pavla pioneered her own way building a couple of newspapers from scratch, filling the gaps she sensed in the industry. From student journalis…

Andrea co-founded the company Foreigners, a relocation agency providing comprehensive services for expats in the Czech Republic. After over 10 years of leading Foreigners as CEO, Andrea's team comprises more than 40 people working in 6 different offices. She is also a mentor in communities that incubate new projects and just recently, she became a …

Petra Vaskovych is a Chief Product Officer at Kiwi.com, a Czech online travel tech start-up. She was the fourth Kiwi.com employee hired and played a large part in scaling the team to over 2600 employees by leading product strategy and planning. Petra loves to explore new places, practice sports, folklore and being a dedicated mother and partner. We…

Nela Ďopanová is the founder and CEO of Fpohybu - a company created with the desire to increase movement literacy, helping people to create healthy movements habits. In cooperation with physiotherapists, Fpohybu provides workshops, programs and team buildings for companies to take care of their employees, educate them and by this have a healthier a…

Zuzana Maderova is a Senior VP of Business Development & Expansions at Enehano and Co-Founder of Kilta, a platform with tech experts from CEE. Zuzka is also active in Diversity & Inclusion project Be ID Human and works on creating a Female Angel Investor network. We connected with Zuzka at the beginning of the nationwide lockdown in the Czech Repub…

Ines Gaston is a Clinical Psychologist teaching resilience, and gaining more clarity, confidence and energy. After coping with her own burnout, Ines built a program thanks to which her clients become proactive in managing their own well-being that protects them from exhaustion, burnout, feeling overwhelmed or stuck. In this On Air Special be ready …

Daria Hvizdalova leads JHV Solutions, providing the industry with insights on how to automate manufacturing processes. She also takes care of R&D investment and strategy with the focus on spin-offs and joint ventures in the innovative technological fields. Among other things, Daria gave a TEDx talk - twice - can speak 5 languages, is a fresh mom an…

Born to two doctors in Sarajevo, in what soon became a war-torn country, Nina grew up in the Czech Republic and has always been enthusiastic about helping others. Nowadays, Nina and her team have a positive impact on society through her non-profit organization Sifty, where they combine what she considers most important: health and education. She st…

Lea Lundblad works as a Platform Specialist at Apple in San Francisco. Her personal and professional satisfaction is driven by the desire to make logistics and people work well together. With this philosophy being at the center of focus in her day, she maintains all parts of her life in balance. The roots of this philosophy sprouted during her adol…

Cristina Muntean is a consultant, trainer, mentor and coach who specializes in personal branding, strategic communications, emotional and systemic intelligence for leadership. A former journalist with more than 12 years of experience in the Czech, Romanian and international media, she founded Media Education CEE, a PR advisory, and training agency …