Make It Count

At 18, Elena Šandera had just started medical school when she discovered foil windsurfing. After her very first session, she came back to shore with a surprising thought: "I want to go to the Olympics." Four years later, she qualified a spot for Switzerland for the Paris Olympics, but didn't get selected to compete. In this episode, we talk about foil windsurfing, leaving the safe path...

What does it really take to make artificial intelligence work, not in theory, but inside large and complex organizations? In this episode of Make it Count , I speak with Pranay Jain , co-founder and CEO of Enterprise Bot, a company helping global enterprises transform how they communicate with customers. It is easy to talk about AI. It is much harder to integrate it into legacy systems, disconnect...

When I met Bernhard, I quickly realized he is a man of precision and passion, two traits that define both his love for coffee and his career in logistics. In this conversation, we move from coffee beans to blockchain, from childhood memories of trucks to his startup Logbook, a company using data and AI to make global logistics more efficient and transparent. For more information about Bernhard and...

What does it really take to step away from a successful career, take your family, and travel the world, not once but twice? In this first episode of  Make It Count , I sit down with my longtime friend Dominique Di Grande to explore how he created space for what truly matters. We talk about how he convinced his employer, his wife, and his kids to say yes, how he planned a year away from work and sc...

Every show starts with a reason. In this pilot episode, Patrick Slama shares his motivation for creating Make It Count — a podcast about the things we love to do outside of work, and how they shape who we are. It’s short, simple, and sets the stage for real stories about what makes life count.