FFI Practitioner: Most Popular Articles from the First Quarter of 2025
We hope you’ve been enjoying the articles published in FFI Practitioner so far this year. This week, we’re pleased to share the most popular editions from the second quarter of 2024!
Family Constitutions to Guide Founders, Owners, Families, and Advisors
Thank you to co-authors William Kambas and Linda Meade for this week’s FFI Practitioner, which begins a periodic series of editions dedicated to topics related to private trust companies.
Curiosity as a Practice: Lessons from Japan and Beyond
Thank you to Doutzen Groothof and Don Opatrny for this week’s edition of FFI Practitioner. Doutzen and Don recently traveled to Japan, and this journey gave them a renewed appreciation for the power of curiosity, both in family advisory practice and beyond.
The Rising Role of Women in Family Offices and Family Businesses: A Podcast Interview with Sasha Lund, Jessica McGawley, and Larisa Miller
FFI Practitioner is pleased to feature a podcast conversation with Sasha Lund, Jessica McGawley, and Larisa Miller, discussing a recently published Special Report from Globe Law and Business publisher: The Rising Role of Women in Family Offices and Family Businesses.
FFI Practitioner Articles We Love: GEN Faculty Member Helena von der Esch
Continuing our curated editions this year, we have asked FFI GEN faculty members to choose their favorite articles or podcasts for our “Articles and Podcasts We Love” series.
Fires and Storms: Navigating Disasters in Single-Family Offices
In this week’s edition of FFI Practitioner, Matthew Erskine explores how the principles of disaster theory can be adapted for single-family offices.
Sustaining Family Legacies: What Family Enterprises Can Learn from Asset Management Firms
Thank you to Isabella Otero, PhD, for this article discussing the benefits available to clients who consider management of the family firm holistically, approaching it as a diversified portfolio rather than a single business.
Exiting the Family Business Is as Tricky as Leaving Your Lover
Thank you to FFI Fellow Patricia Annino, member of the 2025 Conference Program Committee, for this article about the many complexities to consider when a client wants to leave a family enterprise.
Research Applied: An FBR Précis on the Ownership Contract and the Market for Legal Advice for Family Businesses
Thank you to FFI Fellow Dan Frosh for this précis of “Legal Advisors and Family Business Owners: A Transaction Cost Understanding of ‘the Ownership Contract.”
Judgment in Family Firms: What You Can Do to Improve Yours
In this issue of FFI Practitioner, we are pleased to feature an article, “Judgment in Family Firms: What You Can Do to Improve Yours,” by the 2086 FFI Scholar-in-Residence, Sir Andrew Likierman.
The FFI 2086 Society: Fostering Applied Research
The 2086 Society enhances FFI’s leadership in applied research for family enterprise professionals and researchers by providing annual grants to advance knowledge in multi-generational family enterprise management.
FFI Practitioner: Most Popular Articles of 2024
As 2024 is coming to a close, it’s time to reflect on the year that that was for FFI Practitioner by counting down the 10 most popular editions of the year!
The Missing Link in Family Business Growth: A Pathway to Generational Success
Thanks to Mette Ballari for today’s FFI Practitioner article, which discusses the missing link in family business growth.
The Family Playbook: Preparing for the First Outside CEO
In this week’s edition of FFI Practitioner, Phelps Wood and Bill Stranberg highlight strategies for family enterprise advisors to consider when client families first bring a non-family executive into the business as CEO.
The Enduring Enterprise: Nurturing a Frontier Mindset
Thank you to the authors of this week’s FFI Practitioner, Devin DeCiantis and Ivan Lansberg, for this article discussing the strategies that enterprising families in emerging and frontier economies deploy to navigate unpredictable environments.
FFI Practitioner: Featuring the 2024 FFI Award Recipients
Since its inception, FFI has always been committed to excellence, fostering academic research, encouraging best practices, and inspiring professionals.
Family Office Compensation Considerations: An Introduction to the Lawyer’s Perspective on Incentivizing and Compensating Key Leadership of a Family Office
Thank you to William J. Kambas, David Guin, and Elliot Katz for this article, which provides a high-level introduction to the complex topic of compensation and incentive systems for family office leadership.
Reimagining Wisdom, Wealth, and Legacy: An Interview with Princess Nandi
FFI Practitioner is pleased to feature a podcast conversation with H.R.H Princess Nandi Zulu, a distinguished member of the Zulu Royal Family, who is part of the 2086 Society's grant to the Nomadic School of Business.
Harnessing AI for Family Business Advisors: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Serving Family Enterprise Clients
In this week’s edition of FFI Practitioner, Dr. Brad Bechtold explores the possible utility of AI applications in family advisory practice for both individual advisors and multidisciplinary advisory teams.
Time, Science, and Storytelling: An Interview with Dava Sobel
FFI Practitioner is pleased to share a conversation with science writer Dava Sobel, who is delivering the opening keynote at the 2024 FFI Global Conference, entitled “What Time Tells Us: A Lecture on the Theme of Time, from John Harrison’s Sea Clocks to the Half-Lives of Marie Curie’s Radioelements.”