Can NFTs Save a NASCAR ARCA Career?
Recently, NFTs have become a popular topic for enterprising families considering whether to invest in the digital collectibles as a way to diversify their assets.
“Falling in Love with the Future”: An interview with Mark Stevenson and Debbie Bing
What better way to welcome the New Year than with an interview with the FFI Futurenaut-in-Residence, Mark Stevenson.
What Contributes to a Resilient Family Business Owner?
Thank you to this week’s contributor, Eva Wathén, for her article examining factors that contribute to family business owners’ resilience.
Advice from Non-Family Executives: Conversation starters
Non-family executives play an important role in a family enterprise – they bring valuable external professional experience to the business and have a unique vantage point of the enterprising family’s dynamics.
Family Offices in a Changed World: Turning risk into opportunity
Thank you to this week’s contributor, Jim Coutre, for continuing FFI Practitioner’s November series of editions on topics related to the family office.
The Family-Focused Office
This week’s article continues FFI Practitioner’s November series on topics related to the family office. Thank you to Scott Peppet for this article that makes the case that effective family offices be invest more time and budget in enterprising families’ most important resource – the family.
Christian Stewart receives FFI Interdisciplinary Award
In this week’s edition, FFI Practitioner is pleased to present a podcast interview with Christian Stewart, the 2021 recipient of the FFI Interdisciplinary Award.
The Four-Circle Model
Thanks to this week’s contributor and FFI Fellow, Dean Fowler, for providing an overview of his Four-Circle Model.
FFI Practitioner: Most Popular Articles from the Third Quarter of 2021
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 third quarter of 2021!
A Strong Owners Team: An asset for the family business
This week’s edition kicks off a series of articles by presenters at the in-person 2021 FFI Global Conference, October 21-22.
FFI Practitioner: Ownership of the Family Enterprise
Ownership of a family enterprise is a dynamic and complex undertaking as well as an ongoing topic of research and debate within the family enterprise advisory field.
Research Applied: FBR Précis for FFI Practitioner
Thank you to this week’s contributor and member of the Applied Research Board, Kavil Ramachandran, for his précis of “Kinship and Gender in Family Firms: New insights into employees’ organizational citizenship behavior.”
FFI Virtual Conference: Professional Development Opportunities
FFI Practitioner and FFI itself are committed to the ongoing professional development of our readers—members and non-members. In this issue we describe the conference sessions that will be held virtually on October 18 and 19.
Keeping the Entrepreneurial Flame Alive: Insights from the Loy Family in Malaysia
Thank you to this week’s contributors from the FFI Asian Circle Virtual Study Group, Mita Dixit and Esther Kong.
Primer on Family Trust Beneficiaries: Things to Consider
In this week’s podcast, FFI Fellow Patricia Angus discusses her most recent book, The Beneficiary Primer: A guide for beneficiaries of family trusts, which serves as a resource for beneficiaries, trustees, advisors, and other practitioners to navigate, administer, and benefit from trusts.
The Tao of Conflict Resolution in Family Businesses
Thanks to this week’s contributors and members of the FFI Asian Circle Virtual Study Group, Yukio Fujimi, Chikako Kishihara, and Kazuyoshi Takei, for their article that provides an overview of the Taoist approach to family therapy.
FFI Practitioner: Practitioner Authors Featured in FFI Virtual Conference
Today we are highlighting FFI strategic objectives with an issue that features presenters at the virtual conference who are also popular authors and interviewees in FFI Practitioner.
Research Applied: FBR Précis for FFI Practitioner
Thank you to this week’s contributor and member of the Applied Research Board, Louisa Brunner, for her précis of “From Intention to Trust to Behavioral Trust: Trust building in family business advising.”
Thoughts on Singapore’s Appeal as the Asian Hub for Family Offices: Information for advisors
The number of family offices established in Singapore has increased considerably over the past several years.
Flexibility is Key to Succession Planning for LGBTQ, Blended Families, Cohabitation, and other Nontraditional Families
Thanks to this week’s contributor, Matthew Erskine, for his article that explores the importance of building flexibility into the estate planning process for advisors working with nontraditional families.