Today’s throwback is an absolute gem with Juraj Holub who was employee number eight at Slido.

When I interviewed him, he was still on the exec team there—now he’s running his own business, Remote People, helping others become speaking heroes.

Juraj's not just a meeting nerd (his title was Chief Meeting Designer after all—how good is that?!), he’s also an MC, facilitator, and marketing brain .

In this episode, we chat about:

• How to get people contributing—whether you’re running a small team huddle or a 10,000-person town hall
• Creative ways leaders can use tech (like Slido) to make meetings fun, not a chore
• What it means to design a meeting, not just run it
• And some wild audience engagement stories—including a moment when one person’s name (shoutout Bob) dominated a word cloud and had the whole company in stitches

Juraj shares:

• His first facilitation gig (in Vietnam, no less!)
• How feedback culture works at a high-performing remote team
• Why leadership is about extracting ideas, not delivering a monologue
• Icebreaker questions that work

🎧 Enjoy the chat and I’ll catch you again tomorrow.

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