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 development, branding, go-to-market, fundraising, team culture, career decisions, and navigating change in the age of AI.
Confirmed mentors
▪ Khushboo Arora — Supports founders with fundraising strategy, business models, brand positioning, product-market fit, and go-to-market decisions.
▪ David Papa — Helps leaders and teams bring more clarity, humanity, humor, and presence into complex environments. He has supported teams at companies including Zapier, Peloton, and Maersk.
▪ Diana Dumitru — Helps founders and brands build clearer positioning, stronger storytelling, executive visibility, and brand experiences that create recognition, trust, and long-term growth. She brings over 15 years of international experience, including leading PR communications for Porsche across 27 markets.
▪ Soheyla Mirshahi, PhD — Brings guidance for founders and leaders on AI product strategy, AI governance, responsible adoption, EU AI Act readiness, stakeholder alignment, and moving AI initiatives from prototype to real production.
▪ Michal “Radar” Vrátný — shares practical insight into physical wealth — energy, movement, strength, and the habits that support a stronger body, clearer mind, and more sustainable performance in life and work.
▪Clara Vincenc-Cismaru — shares practical insight into social wealth — stronger relationships, partnerships, networks, and team trust, and how to lead with more clarity when the people around you become essential to your next stage of growth.
▪Kateřina Bendová — shares practical insight into financial wealth — how to make better money decisions, protect what you are building, and feel calmer when dealing with mortgages, insurance, savings, or long-term financial planning. She explains finance in a clear, human way, without jargon or pressure, and also helps grow a new generation of financial advisors.
▪Chris Sheng — growth advisor to hundreds of VC-backed startups and founder of LeadrPro. He will also speak about founder psychology and what it actually takes to succeed as a startup founder.
▪ Barbora Schillerová — helps SaaS founders keep their hard-won customers by improving retention, customer success, and the moments where customers decide to stay or leave.
▪ Aneta Monagas — helps B2B SaaS teams make complex products clearer, simpler, and easier for customers to understand.
▪ Kateřina Bendová — financial wealth mentor who explains money in a clear, human way. She helps people think about mortgages, wealth building, protection, and financial literacy without jargon or pressure.
▪ Ricardo Monagas — helps founders and product teams make better product decisions by understanding customer needs, shaping clearer strategy, and turning ideas into products people actually need. He brings experience in Jobs to be Done, Shape Up, B2B SaaS, product ecosystems, and community-driven business development.
Who this is for
▪ Business owners and SME leaders who are managing people, clients, growth, and change.
▪ Scale-up founders and co-founders who are leading teams, hiring, improving culture, and adapting to AI.
▪ Managing directors and team leaders who want sharper thinking around leadership, people, and the future of work.
▪ Consultants and fractional leaders who advise companies and want stronger conversations around business, positioning, AI, and growth.
▪ Product, design, business, HR, and operations leaders who want to stay relevant as AI changes how work gets done.
▪ Ambitious professionals who are responsible for projects, teams, clients, or business outcomes and want to make better decisions about their next stage of growth.
▪ Professionals navigating career or market change who want sharper thinking around AI, leadership, personal positioning, health, relationships, and financial stability.
Who this is not for
This evening is not for everyone.
It is probably not the right fit if you are looking for a large conference, a loud networking event, or a room where people only exchange business cards and move on.
It is also not for people who only want to listen passively and leave. The value of this evening comes from showing up with real questions, joining the conversations, meeting people with intention, and using the mentor access to think more clearly about your next moves.
This is for people who want a more thoughtful room — one where careers, hiring, AI, business, leadership, and life decisions can be discussed in a real and useful way.
The value of your ticket
Your ticket gives you access to a carefully selected room, practical conversations, and mentors who can help you think more clearly while work, hiring, leadership, and AI are changing.
It includes a 30-minute creative leadership talk with David Papa, a focused fireside chat on hiring and AI with Ondřej Illek, more speakers to be announced soon, food and drinks on the Design Hotel Neruda terrace, a room of business owners, founders, leaders, operators, and professionals, and the chance to pre-book up to 4 focused 1:1 mentor conversations connected to your own questions.
You can arrive with questions about your business, team, leadership, AI adoption, career direction, health, relationships, financial health, or the next stage of growth — and leave with clearer next steps.
That is the real value of this Summer Edition: not only what you hear, but who you meet, what you ask, and what you decide next.
Supported by
✨ This event is proudly supported by Finlay, Tilia Impact Ventures, and Uppersky.
Together, they support the creation of a space where founders, operators, and professionals can meet, share ideas, and have real conversations about work, AI, and building a better life.