Impact Night — Summer Edition: Work, Wealth, and the AI Shift

A premium summer evening for business owners, leaders, and professionals navigating growth, people, AI, and the new rules of work

AI is not only changing tools. It is changing how companies hire, how teams work, how leaders make decisions, and how businesses stay relevant.

For business owners, scale-up leaders, SME managers, and ambitious professionals, the question is no longer only: “How do we keep up?”
The better question is:

How do we lead better while the market, the team, and the rules of work are changing?

On June 11, we are bringing a carefully selected group of business owners, founders, leaders, operators, and ambitious professionals together on the summer terrace of Design Hotel Neruda, in the heart of Prague, for an evening of practical insight, creative leadership, good food, high-quality conversations, and focused access to mentors who can help you think more clearly.

This is designed as a thoughtful business room: small enough for real conversations, practical enough to leave with direction, and personal enough to meet people you may actually want to follow up with.

Opening talk with David Papa

Does Not Work Well With Others — A Workplace Roast and Creative Leadership Survival Guide

Some meetings should have been emails. This one definitely should not.

We’ll open the evening with David Papa, who brings live improv energy, stand-up comedy, and sharp observations about modern work: fake alignment, meetings without clear agendas, innovation theatre, awkward feedback, performative leadership, and all the moments where everyone pretends things are fine.

After working with 500+ leaders across companies like Zapier, Peloton, Nokia, and Maersk, David’s message is simple: the leaders people actually want to follow are not always the most polished. They are often the most human, creative, and present.

You can expect to laugh, recognize a few uncomfortable truths, and leave with practical ideas to lead with more humor, humanity, and creativity.

Fireside chat with Ondřej Illek, Co-founder & COO at Finlay

After David opens the room through the human side of work, we’ll move into a focused fireside chat with Ondřej Illek, Co-founder & COO at Finlay, looking at what is really happening in the tech hiring market, how AI is changing roles, and what helps companies attract and keep valuable people today.

We’ll explore what companies are looking for now, what makes someone valuable beyond a job title, how leaders can think about talent differently, and how businesses can adapt while the market keeps shifting.

More speakers will be announced step by step.

What makes this evening different

Each attendee will have the opportunity to pre-book up to 3 focused 1:1 mentor conversations during the night, based on the topics most relevant to them and mentor availability.

You can come with questions around your business, team, leadership, AI adoption, branding, financial health, personal energy, or the next stage of growth — and leave with clearer next steps.

Mentor conversations designed around sustainable growth

During the evening, attendees will be able to pre-book focused 1:1 conversations with mentors connected to the areas that matter when you are responsible for a business, a team, a function, or your next professional move:

▪Time Wealth — Better use of your time, attention, and leadership capacity.
▪Social Wealth — Stronger relationships, partnerships, networks, and team trust.
▪Mental Wealth — More clarity, focus, resilience, and better decision-making.
▪Physical Wealth — Better energy, health, recovery, and habits for long-term performance.
▪Financial Wealth — Smarter choices around income, cash flow, pricing, stability, and growth.
▪AI Readiness — Practical AI adoption, AI governance, responsible use, and future-ready teams.

Mentors can also support conversations around leadership, hiring, business dev