What happens when humanity collides with the next generation of technology?
For the past two decades I’ve been helping organizations, entrepreneurs and governments navigate uncertainty, innovation and technological change. But rather than just talking about the future, I prefer building it.
I’m the founder of Insane Business Ideas, a techno-social innovation lab behind dozens of international hackathons and innovation programs, and Caelestinus, a digital health incubator helping startups bring AI and emerging healthcare technologies to global market. I am the co-founder of a deep-tech radiotherapy startup Qure Labs, working with top scientists to fight cancer.
My work extends beyond business into the arts, where technology becomes a medium for asking difficult human questions. I created THEaiTRE, the world’s first theatre play generated by artificial intelligence and performed by professional actors. Later came PLaiPRAGUE, experimenting with AI-driven performance across Europe, and most recently BLACKOUT, a theatre production and conference exploring resilience, infrastructure and the fragile relationship between technology and society.
Today I’m exploring perhaps the most personal experiment yet: creating my own Digital Self—an AI version of me trained on years of books, lectures, interviews and conversations. Rather than replacing human expertise, it asks a different question: Can knowledge, curiosity and experience continue helping people long after we’re no longer in the room?
As an author, I’ve written about innovation, failure and entrepreneurship in books including The Art of Failure and The Big Book of Fuckups. As a speaker, I work with companies, universities and public institutions across Europe on artificial intelligence, innovation strategy, future scenarios, healthcare and public speaking.
Believing that authentic communication will become one of the most valuable human skills in the age of artificial intelligence, I created Pitch Perfect, an immersive public speaking masterclass for leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators.
In 2026, I was awarded the Caelestinus Opitz Prize by the Order Hospitalier of St. John of God for care for the sick and those in need, have organized the largest AI hackathon against cancer and launched CNCR.tech platform to speed up the hack-to-treatment journey.
Whether I’m producing a theatre performance, mentoring founders, designing innovation programs or experimenting with AI, the goal remains the same: To help people become more curious about the future—and more confident creating it.
