S2E70| What Makes Curiosity Profoundly Valuable in the Session Room? with Gabe Muller

Welcome to Confessions of an Implementer, a podcast by Talent Harbor. We share unique stories of implementers and the companies they've transformed to give you a rare glimpse into the successes and challenges of the system in action. I'm your host, Ryan Hogan. Let's dive in! In this episode, Ryan sits down with Gabe Muller, EOS Implementer, pilot, and founder of Smokehouse Pilots Club, a community of nearly 9,000 aviation enthusiasts that he built from a handful of friends meeting at a BBQ restaurant on the first Wednesday of every month. Gabe's path into EOS started with a cup of coffee in 2015 and took seven years to fully arrive, winding through COO roles, a Kolbe consulting practice, and a pandemic pivot before he finally made it to boot camp in 2022. Gabe shares why he replaced the term business development (BD) with relationship building (RB) and what that shift has meant for the growth of his practice, the check-in question he now asks every leadership team that reliably surfaces the real issues before the session even starts, and why curiosity might be the most underrated skill an implementer can bring into a room. A different kind of implementer story.