The Chief Governance Officer: The Role Family Enterprises Don’t Know They Need
Thank you to Jon Martinez for this week’s edition, which examines a leadership role that family enterprises may overlook: the chief governance officer.
From Performance to Stewardship: Redesigning the Family Enterprise Board
Most family enterprise boards perform exactly the job they were designed to do.
Integrating the Rising Generation: Drafting and Design For Cohesion Among Purpose, Structure and Operational Governance When Planning the Estate
In this week’s edition of FFI Practitioner, William Kambas of Withers and Amy Szostak of Northern Trust explore how estate-planning structures can help prepare rising-generation family members to understand, participate in, and eventually steward shared assets.
A Reflection on Family Trusts as the Longest-Lived Family Members
Family trusts are typically viewed as legal and financial structures, but what if they are also members of the family system?
The Fifth Inheritance: Can Artificial Intelligence Transmit Judgment Across Generations?
As artificial intelligence reshapes how knowledge is captured and shared, family enterprises face a provocative new question: Can judgment itself be inherited?
Philanthropy as a Strategic Tool for Family Business Succession: A discussion with Joshua E. Chadajo, CEO, JEC Philanthropy
Succession in family enterprises is rarely just a legal or financial event—it is a test of leadership readiness, legitimacy, and continuity. Increasingly, research suggests that philanthropy can play a meaningful role in meeting these challenges.
From Safety, Through Sustainability to Stewardship: The Triple-S journey of Jebsen & Jessen Family Enterprise
Thanks to Marta Widz and Sameh Abadir from IMD for this article based on the Jebsen & Jessen Family Enterprise story, which illustrates how responsible leadership and early awareness can coalesce to pioneer safety, environmental sustainability, and stewardship strategies and thus lead to impactful social innovation.
Study Finds Children of Millionaires Want to be Stewards of Wealth
Thanks to this week’s author, Natalie McVeigh, for summarizing a recent US-based study on children (ages 16-26) of millionaires, presenting key points that could be useful to advisors, their clients, and researchers globally.