What if the key to solving St. Louis's biggest challenges is simply getting the right people in the same room — and actually letting them talk?

Erik sits down with Matt Homann, founder and CEO of Filament, a St. Louis-based company that makes meetings more productive. Filament has been tapped by the Regional Business Council to help convene downtown stakeholders who, despite doing good work, had likely never been in the same room together.

Matt explains why Filament bans PowerPoint entirely, how simple exercises like "I wish, I wonder, I worry" unlock surprising consensus, and why breakthroughs happen when people stop delivering information and start thinking together.

They also discuss Filament's annual Thinksgiving event (November 5th at Cortex Innovation District), where businesses and nonprofits are paired to tackle real strategic challenges — producing results like a nonprofit rebrand, new board members, and leadership skills employees bring back to the office.

More info at thinksgivingday.com

Learn more about Filament: meetfilament.com