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Hello, I'm
Dennis Chan.

I’m curious about people, ideas and the way things work. I tend to find myself somewhere between solving problems, making things better, and figuring out what could be done differently.

My experiences have taken me through very different environments, but the skills I value most are the ones that travel with me — adaptability, resilience, curiosity, and the ability to stay thoughtful when things get complicated.

I enjoy making sense of messy situations, finding connections between seemingly unrelated ideas, and turning uncertainty into something practical. Challenges don’t always come with clear answers, and I’ve learned that sometimes the most useful thing is to observe, adapt, and keep moving.

Mindfulness has shaped more than just how I slow down. It influences how I work, create, and respond to the world around me.

I value being present, paying attention to the details that are easy to miss, and creating enough space to see a situation from a different perspective. For me, mindfulness isn’t about having everything figured out. It’s about noticing what’s happening, accepting uncertainty, and choosing how to respond.

I’m naturally curious, and I’m quite happy disappearing down a rabbit hole simply because something caught my attention. Technology, sustainability, design, cities, transportation, nature, and the way organizations work are some of the subjects I keep coming back to.

A lot of the projects on this website started exactly that way: I wondered whether something could be done, then decided to try building it.

Away from work, I enjoy drawing, spending time in nature, travelling, and making small personal projects simply because I find them interesting.

This website is one of those projects — a small place for my work, experiments and whatever else I think is worth keeping.

Based in
Vancouver, Canada
Originally from
Hong Kong
Interested in
Operations · Cities · Design
Also enjoys
Nature · Making Things · Travel
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