Perched at the base of the Beskydy Mountains in the Czech Republic is a titanium-plated house in the fanciful shape of a bird with wings extended. The steel-and-glass structure in the picturesque northeastern region is the home of Pavel Horak, the chief executive of PPL, an express mail firm. Mr Horak is a man who, perhaps it goes without saying, has an earthy sense of fun. "I was really concerned...
