Orion Growth
Orion Growth
Exploring the intersection of real estate, autonomous technology, and microtransactions. Ironically, this starts with teams. People.
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A Thank You Note to GenZ
May 25th, 2023
Dear GenZ,
ThoughtTech
April 28th, 2023
This entry is dedicated to Gordon Earle Moore (January 3, 1929 - March 24, 2023) Gordon Moore was an American businessman, engineer, and co-founder of Intel Corporation. His contributions to chemistry and computer science changed the world and fueled the information revolution.
Category Creation
April 26th, 2023
Market disruptions and economic uncertainties offer fertile ground for category creation. These conditions generally allow creativity and innovation, the nutrients required for deep thought and research beyond the headlines. That’s exactly where we are in the recovery continuum today.
Tinkering
April 7th, 2023
Lately, we’ve been doing a ton of it. I guess that’s what happens when you have one foot in traditional tech (because that’s where the world is) and one foot in immerging tech (because that’s where the world is going). Our current tinker projects are things that didn’t exist three years ago (for us). To help frame that, here’s a list straight out of my OneNote page.
On the edge...
March 31st, 2023
There’s a medical term called hypervigilance. The definition is a state of heightened alertness accompanied by behavior that aims to prevent danger. It’s a condition that is of concern to one’s mental health if it progresses.
Post-Traumatic Growth
March 23rd, 2023
Seems like the lines are being drawn. Words like mandate, force, back, lure and return seem to be amplified across multiple channels. We interface with a lot of different lines of business and we welcome opposing views on topics of concern. In fact, a lot of our effectiveness is related to our ability to hear opposition and quickly relate to it. Opposing views are very, very important.
1095 Days
March 13th, 2023
March 13, 2020. It was a Friday. Our kids were at school, and I was in a zoom meeting with a client from Missouri. Three weeks earlier, the first confirmed US case of Covid-19 was made public in Snohomish County, Washington. I was in the room when that call came in. I witnessed history. We had the first case of Covid-19 in America…in one of our client offices.
Connection
February 27th, 2023
Funny that word. Connection. It brings up emotions and helps us communicate a feeling or a sense of being together. Connection quality varies. There are people we connect with on a very tangential level, then there are deeper, more meaningful connections. There are personal connections, professional connections, and technological connections. The closer you are to the source, the more access you have, and the broader the connection. That type of connection requires trust.
Writers
February 20th, 2023
The reposted articles, questionable data graphs, and disparate discussions surrounding return-to-work have turned me cranky. It could be the pollen, too.