Better Meetings With Dave Borzillo

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Chris Williams reveals why Agile professionals are struggling to find jobs and introduces a guest who built a product from his unique expertise.

The episode begins with host Chris Williams addressing challenges in the Agile job market, where traditional roles are scarce and underpaid. He introduces the Forge Genesis program as a solution for Agile professionals to build entrepreneurial products. Guest Dave Borzillo, an engineer with decades in aerospace and software, joins to discuss his journey. Dave explains that repeated layoffs due to economic events like 9-11 and the 2008 recession motivated him to create a product he owns. His focus is on improving meetings through a system called 'frame flow and follow through,' which combines engagement techniques with visualization tools like Miro or Mural. Dave describes his passion as helping teams with better ways of working, akin to a coach lifting others. Chris probes how Dave identified this niche, revealing that customers begged him to teach his facilitation methods, signaling product potential. Dave shares lessons from the Forge Genesis, including iterating based on feedback and learning marketing skills like storytelling and community building. He recounts a failed cohort launch on Good Friday but notes success with LinkedIn content drips. Chris emphasizes that Dave's product allows him to escape the crowded Agile job market. Dave offers a free PDF guide with AI prompts and a live lab via a custom URL and promo code. The conversation highlights how Agile skills can be repackaged into scalable products, with Dave serving as a case study in entrepreneurial pivoting.

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Dave Borzillo presents better meeting facilitation as a repeatable system for leaders seeking alignment without direct authority.

Better meetings sit at the center of this Badass Agile episode, as Chris Williams has Dave Borzillo lay out a practical system for leading across an organization, often without direct authority.

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