David Homan is the founder and CEO of Orchestrated Connecting, LLC, a private global community of connectors spanning thousands of family offices, investors, artists, and impact leaders across dozens of countries.
He is also the founder of SOAR Connect (Strength of Authentic Relationships), a relationship intelligence platform built to help people ask for what they need and match trusted introductions at scale, and co-author of the book Orchestrating Connection: How to Build Purposeful Community in a Tribal World, written with Noah Askin.
Before building his network of connectors, David ran a global arts charity in his twenties and spent years as a classical musician and theater performer, backgrounds he credits with teaching him to listen closely enough to know exactly who someone should meet next.
On this episode, he joins Joseph to talk about honoring the chain of connections, why gratitude is the most overlooked currency in relationship building, and what he's building with SOAR Connect to bring trust and intention back into networking.
Timestamps:
[00:00] Can one call end a trafficking ring?
[00:34] Who is David Homan?
[00:57] What is Orchestrated Connecting's mission?
[02:00] How did a shy kid build this network?
[03:13] What does honoring the chain mean?
[04:31] How did a bathroom line fight trafficking?
[05:59] Why don't we follow up on intros?
[07:58] Why does one in thirty thanking you matter?
[09:13] What happens when your network stops calling back?
[12:14] How do you know a connection is worth making?
[14:56] What should a new networker do first?
[18:32] Why do doors open when you're not in the room?
[19:23] Why be transparent about a startup that might fail?
[21:03] What does David hope to see in ten years?
[23:13] What is SOAR Connect?
[25:08] What's the hardest part of building trust tech?
[28:13] Why score trust out of fifteen, not ten?
[30:15] Why won't SOAR Connect touch your inbox?
[33:05] Can outreach be selfish and selfless at once?
[38:57] What does SOAR Connect need to succeed?
[40:35] How can listeners get involved now?
[42:00] What has grief done to David's music?
[43:12] What's the one thing to do this week?
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