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Mews R&D Podcast
Hosted by Jan Meissner, our R&D Community Lead, this podcast takes you behind the scenes with Mews' engineering, design, product management, content design, data science, and more. Explore the stories, collaborations, and insights that fuel innovation across the company.
Mews R&D Podcast
Richard Valtr: The human part of work is the high-value part
— A Mews R&D MiniPodcast on leading, learning, and staying paranoid (in a good way)
Welcome to the Mews R&D mini podcast series! Bite-sized conversations with the people behind our tech – short interviews, fresh insights, and more guests from across Mews R&D. Stay tuned for stories, ideas, and a peek behind the curtain of how we build.
In this episode, our R&D Community Lead, Jan Meissner, goes freestyle with Mews founder Richard Valtr in what might just be our first-ever “mini–maxi” podcast. From what a founder’s day really looks like to why staying connected to customers of all sizes matters, Richard shares candid thoughts on leadership, culture, and the fine balance between chasing Goliaths and avoiding becoming one.
They explore how AI could reshape work (inside and outside hospitality), why experience still trumps pure automation, and the importance of questioning everything—even the founders. There’s also talk of sports fandom, optimism for the future, and why Richard prefers to keep some passions as hobbies rather than turning them into jobs.
It’s part reflection, part future-gazing, and part playful banter—proof that big ideas can come from conversations without a set agenda.
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