Multigenerational family firms: the four pillars of values transmission

Guest contributor: Tarek el Sehity Tarek el Sehity is a researcher and lecturer at Sigmund Freud University in Vienna. As explored in the first article of this two-part series, core family values represent a central differentiating factor between family and non-family enterprises, as well as a strategic driver. Rather than a static, top-down process, our…

The Thinking Machine, Global Work, and the New Burden of Tech Leadership

If you want to understand global work in 2025, start where very few people actually look: the chips. Stephen Witt’s book, The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip, which I just finished reading, is part biography, part business history, part supply-chain thriller. It traces how Nvidia—founded in 1993, reportedly brainstormed…

Family values: legacy is co-created, not handed down

Guest contributor: Tarek el Sehity Tarek el Sehity is a researcher and lecturer at Sigmund Freud University in Vienna. “For things to remain the same, everything must change.” Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard This enduring wisdom captures a fundamental truth for business families that have withstood the test of time: preserving the values that…

The Economics of Global Work

In today’s world, doing global work is getting harder. The geopolitical landscape—fractured alliances, renewed nationalism, sanctions, airspace restrictions, and unpredictable regulation—combined with macro-economic headwinds like inflation, energy costs, and supply chain stress, have made everything from travel to deployment of talent more expensive and time-consuming. For anyone working across borders, these changes are no longer…
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