Blanka Havelková

Blanka Havelková is a member of the top management of České dráhy (Czech Railways). As the Deputy CEO for Human Resources, she primarily deals with personnel matters. She has extensive experience in HR. She studied pedagogy at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University in Prague. During her studies, she worked for the Pedagogical Research Institute in Prague, where she was responsible for European social funds and the personal and social development of children in schools. She then linked her professional life with České dráhy, joining the HR department in 2008, focusing on employee training. Eight years ago, she became the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Transport Education Institute (DVI), a subsidiary of České dráhy. Two years ago, she became the first woman elected to the Board of Directors of České dráhy.

“In my free time, I enthusiastically devote myself to sports, which give me energy and mental well-being. The mountains are my passion. In the winter, I enjoy skiing and ski mountaineering, which allow me to admire the beauty of the winter landscape. For the rest of the year, I run and go on mountain hikes.

Apart from the mountains, I’ve also developed a fondness for trains, which have accompanied most of my professional life and hold a special meaning for me. I love traveling by train, watching the passing landscape, and having time to think about new projects or just gaze out the window and enjoy moments of peace.”

Is AI male or female? That’s a question I haven’t really thought about intensively yet. :)) But I went straight to the source, surprisingly, and I quite liked one of the AI’s answers: that AI is neither male nor female, but it has one thing in common with women—it always has an answer for everything. :))

What is AI according to AI? AI defines itself as a digital magician. In my opinion, concise and perfectly fitting!

What questions do you most often ask AI? I consider AI an excellent assistant because there are situations and questions where it’s great to use it, but I still mainly rely on myself.