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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...
Beware of quick fixes
"๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ง, ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐กโ
I was reminded recently of this old saying.
You see it quite often in...
Can family businesses survive without sacrifice?
Many of the family businesses I advise today were built by founders from the Silent Generation and later expanded by Baby Boomers. They...
When important questions are avoided
Some questions are easy to ask in a family business. Othersโฆ not so much. Questions like:
๐กWho should lead next?
๐กWhat happens if som...
Most family business conflicts don’t need paramedics, they need traffic rules
In recent conversations with family businessย 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 ๐ฟ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ. 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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Beware the “Perfect” Advisor!
I've wanted to write about this for a while now.
I've become increasingly uneasy at the way some advisors to family enterprises pres...
Preparing for Productive Family Conversations in a Family Business: Three Mindsets That Matter More Than the Agenda
Family conversations that really matter โ particularly in family businesses dealing with ownership, succession, and longโterm governanc...
The Rosehill Decision: A Governance Reckoning
The Australian Turf Clubโs (ATC) recent saga over the proposed sale and redevelopment of Rosehill Racecourse has become a defining case...