Director responsibilities
AI doesn’t worry me. Unquestioned AI does.
People often ask whether I'm using AI in my work. The answer is yes, but probably not in the way they mean.
I use a large language m...
When family relationships break down – a Hard Reset
It happens more often than people think. Trust erodes. Conversations become guarded. Old history sits just below the surface. And yet —...
When important questions are avoided
Some questions are easy to ask in a family business. Others… not so much. Questions like:
💡Who should lead next?
💡What happens if som...
Most family business conflicts don’t need paramedics, they need traffic rules
In recent conversations with family business leaders, a familiar pattern keeps emerging.
When conflict escalates, families shift int...
Family Business leaders don’t inherit the future. They design it
In family business, we spend a lot of time worrying about conflict. But the real risk is 𝘿𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙩. Ending up somewhere no one actually cho...
When should a family business advisor consider stepping aside?
Every family business operates as a system - and over time, its advisors become part of that system, whether they realise it or not.
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“IT’S ACTUALLY 12 TIMES”: TRADITION VS INNOVATION IN FAMILY BUSINESS
In a famously cheeky retort to critics who claimed AC/DC had made the same album eleven times, Angus Young quipped:
“No, that’s not ...
Advisory Boards in Family Enterprises: Managing the Risk of Over-Reliance
Family-owned enterprises are increasingly turning to advisory boards to support their directors with strategic insight and external exp...
The Rosehill Decision: A Governance Reckoning
The Australian Turf Club’s (ATC) recent saga over the proposed sale and redevelopment of Rosehill Racecourse has become a defining case...
Lessons for Family Company Directors from Australia’s largest corporate collapse
Over two decades ago, on 15 March 2001, a provisional liquidator was appointed to HIH Insurance, which was then Australia’s second-larg...