• About

    Miroslav Chodak
    Miroslav Chodak

    Father and entrepreneur with existential interest in sustainability.

    miroslav.chodak@gmail.com | LinkedIn | Facebook

    Welcome to my website! You are here because we share the same values:

    • We care about our planet.
    • We are concerned about the future of humanity.
    • We want to make the world a better place.

    We belong to the same tribe and I’m honored you’re here!

    My story

    Ever since I became a father, my 3 kids have been the most important people in my life. However, it was only much later when I realized they are also my biggest contribution to this world.

    Not only do they outnumber me 3 to 1. They also have their productive lives ahead of them. Purely mathematically, my 3 kids combined have 6-12 times more potential to contribute to this world than I will ever have.

    All I have to do is enable them to. For me, this means two things:

    1. Give them a childhood that allows them to grow up with as few limiting beliefs as possible.
    2. Do everything I can to create a world where they can live their lives to the fullest.

    My vision

    With my kids quickly becoming adults, my focus has shifted more towards the latter: creating a better world.

    I want my kids to live in a world that is kind. A world where everyone is free to pursue their own dreams and passions. A world where the only thing anybody needs to worry about is fulfilling their own potential and making the world an ever-better place.

    Unfortunately, the way things are going right now, we’re moving in exactly the opposite direction. And every solution proposed to-date is either unrealistic, inadequate or both.

    I’ve always wanted to help create a better, more sustainable world. However, for many years, I just drifted through life in despair, unable to see a solution that would be both feasible and sufficiently impactful.

    Then, sometime in 2020, I had an epiphany.

    An idea occurred to me that has the potential to completely turn things around within a relatively short period of time.

    When I say turn things around, I mean completely transform our socioeconomic system and put humankind firmly on a path towards what can only be described as utopia.

    Best of all, the idea uses simple market economics and requires no policy changes or sacrifices.

    That idea became the basis for this website.

    What do I bring to the table?

    I believe, my background, expertise and blend of environment-and-business experience makes me uniquely suited for implementing that idea in practice.

    I’m a systems thinker and I’m good at seeing connections.

    I also think I’m good at analyzing problems and identifying solutions.

    Finally, besides many years in business, marketing and management, I have a lifetime of experience with large, multifaceted system changes:

    • I was born in 1969 and grew up in the communist Czechoslovakia.
    • At 20 years of age, I took part in the revolution that overthrew the communist regime.
    • I lived through the transition of my country from a communist dictatorship to a market-based economy and democracy.
    • I was 24, when my home country split into 2 separate entities.
    • I witnessed first-hand the breakup of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, the unification of Germany and the accession of 14 new countries to the European Union.
    • I worked in all those countries before and after the changes.
    • I worked on the first international projects in the post-war Balkans.
    • I speak 5 languages.
    • I have 2 Master’s degrees, one in Environmental Sciences and another one in Environmental Management.
    • The first 10 years of my career, I advised European and Central Asian governments on environmental policy and supervised a team of Project Managers, carrying out multi-million dollar international environmental projects.
    • For the past 25+ years I’ve worked in marketing and business development.
    • I built and ran my own business, started 4 more for my clients and advised hundreds of business owners around the world on all aspects of strategy, processes optimization, business development and marketing.
    • I have many years of direct experience working with all key stakeholders, both individually and in multi-stakeholder settings, including state and local government officials, big and small business representatives, non-governmental organizations and the general public.