NEWTON People

As the daughter of a successful fashion brand founder, she watched brand building from the front row. After high school, she chose Digital Marketing. Today, she has completed a prestigious Master’s program in Milan and works in visual merchandising for the Parisian fashion house Louis Vuitton. In this interview, Anna Blažková shares her journey, the behind-the-scenes of a demanding recruitment process, and her perspective on how Generation Z is changing the perception of luxury.

She came to NEWTON University by chance, a decision that ultimately changed the direction of her career. Today, she bridges the academic world with the leadership of international teams, showing that the path to management often doesn’t start with a carefully planned strategy, but with meeting the right people.

Most organizations still try to solve complex problems through endless meetings that rarely lead anywhere. At NEWTON University, we believe in a different kind of innovation, one you can actually build. Meet Leonid Kushnir, the only officially certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Trainer of Trainers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, who helps people learn how to think with their hands.

The most dangerous moment in a leader’s career doesn’t come when they fail. It comes when things go well for too long. Success creates patterns. And the longer they work, the fewer reasons you have to question them. And that’s exactly where the problem starts in today’s world.

He started at fifteen with a camera in his hand and a vision that the world has no limits. Today, he has collaborated with giants such as Microsoft and Allwyn and is behind the ambitious project Mindfall Protocol – the first Czech mid-length AI film. In this interview, NEWTON University graduate Gedeon Drapák shares his journey from the streets of Prague through London startups to the technologies reshaping the rules of the game. Why does he believe the future belongs to “vibe marketing,” and how did his studies help him realize that success is not only about skills, but also about connections and the courage to fail?

At a university fair, she was captivated by students dressed as pilots; today, she coaches top-tier managers and athletes. NEWTON alumna Juliana Potoczká talks about her journey from Brno to the prestigious Middlesex University in London, and why a managerial mindset is an unexpected competitive advantage in the field of health and fitness.

International experience, bridging the gap between theory and practice, and a fresh perspective on next-generation leadership. In this interview, Dušan Sameliak explains why modern management is not about textbook formulas, but about the courage to make decisions when reality lacks a clear-cut solution. Discover what companies truly expect from graduates today and why studying in English is the gateway to a broader perspective.

Barbora Nováková, a third-year student at the Brno campus of NEWTON University, shows that elite sport and higher education don’t have to compete with each other. The alpine skier secured her place at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games at the very last moment. Yet between training runs at speeds of up to 130 km/h, she still finds time to work on her bachelor’s thesis and think about her future in business.

Originally from the United States, Rob Westbrook arrived in Central Europe to reconnect with his family’s Austrian heritage and eventually made Brno his long-term home. At NEWTON University he teaches much more than English or mathematics. His work focuses on nurturing critical thinking, intellectual curiosity and empathy in a new generation of students. In this interview, he reflects on why Brno became such a significant place for him, what gives NEWTON its distinctive sense of community, and why the human presence in teaching matters more than ever in an age defined by rapid technological change.