Thoughts
Whose Values & Culture? The Interdependence of a Family and Its Family Office
Family offices don’t just enact a family’s values and culture, they shape and influence them. This interdependence is critical to understanding family enterprise systems.
FFI Article: The Family-Focused Office
In a recent FFI Practitioner article, I explain how the “MLF Ratio” helps distinguish truly family-focused from typical single family offices.
Podcast: What Distinguishes a Family-Focused Office?
In a recent podcast interview, I dive into the practicalities of what makes a family-focused office different from many family offices? Ruth Steverlynck and I explore human capital development, opportunity versus obligation, and the role of fear in family enterprise.
The Most Important Financial Stewardship Graph
Is this the best single graph available to track a family’s stewardship of its financial capital? You decide.
How would you know whether someone has (fully? sufficiently?) integrated financial wealth in a healthy way?
What are the stages of integrating financial capital into one’s life? How do you know if someone has done so successfully?
“So as to do better together than each of us separately…”
How does a family with more than 1000 cousins and over 700 family shareholders keep thriving 100 years into their family enterprise?
Family Wealth & Climate Change
What does planning for a family’s 100-year future mean in the context of climate change? How can business families talk about the threat of a changing climate?
Creating a 5- to 10-Year, Five Capitals Family Learning Curriculum
What is a family learning curriculum? How should it be structured? And how can it address human capital, learning capital, social capital, legacy capital, and financial capital?
Family Ignite Talks
For a family meeting or other family gathering, the Ignite format is a great way to get everyone participating, share war stories and knowledge, connect, and have some fun.
