Curiosity as a Practice: Lessons from Japan and beyond
Thank you to Doutzen Groothof and Don Optatrny 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.
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 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 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 Articles We Love: Sian O’Neill of Globe Law and Business
This week we are pleased to continue our series of guest-curated FFI Practitioner articles with Sian O’Neill, founder of publisher Globe Law and Business.
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.
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.”
Good Judgment in the Family Firm: An Interview with Sir Andrew Likierman
FFI Practitioner is pleased to share a conversation with Sir Andrew Likierman, Professor of Management Practice at the London Business School, who is delivering the closing keynote at the 2024 FFI Global Conference, entitled “So What Do I Do Now? Better Judgments in the Family Firm.”
Family Enterprise Consulting in Saudi Arabia: An Interview with Basma Al Zamil and Bob Kohli
FFI Practitioner is pleased to feature Basma Al Zamil and Bob Kohli for a podcast conversation about family enterprises and family enterprise consulting in Saudi Arabia.
Crisis as Catalyst in Family Enterprise: Do We Pull Together or Pull Apart?
Continuing our quarterly series on the FFI conference theme, “Mean Time: Time, Timing, and Timelessness in Family Enterprise,” through the month of July we are pleased to feature issues related to presentations that will be made in London in October.
Governing Legacy: Going beyond the Governance Marathon
Continuing our quarterly series on the FFI conference theme, “Mean Time: Time, Timing, and Timelessness in Family Enterprise,” through the month of July we are pleased to feature issues related to presentations that will be made in London in October.
Longevity: The Family Home Analogy
Continuing our quarterly series on the FFI conference theme, “Mean Time: Time, Timing, and Timelessness in Family Enterprise,” through the month of July we are pleased to feature issues related to presentations that will be made in London in October.
Letting Time Pass You By: Why Next Generation Daughters and Sisters Fail to Negotiate Their Futures Today
Continuing our quarterly series on the FFI conference theme, "Mean Time: Time, Timing, and Timelessness in Family Enterprise,” we are pleased to feature four issues based on presentations that will be made in London in October.
Reimagining Wisdom, Wealth, and Legacy: An Interview with Krishna Thapa
Continuing our quarterly series on the 2024 FFI conference theme of “Mean Time: Time, Timing, and Timelessness in Family Enterprise,” we are pleased to present a podcast interview with Krishna Thapa, a “warrior monk.”
Time in October: 2024 FFI Global Conference Program
We decided it was “about time” that we feature the inspiration for the 2024 quarterly Practitioner Time series!