In a previous article, we analyzed the key hurdles faced by family businesses based on their life cycle. In this post, we’ll turn our focus to the challenges they encounter in their transition from the second to the third generation and beyond. The second generation: reorganizing ownership and managing divergent interests After successfully navigating the…

A father and daughter sit in a boardroom. He believes he’s giving her sound advice; she hears only criticism. Across the table, what could be a constructive dialogue turns into stony silence and simmering resentment. Scenarios like this play out every day in family firms, where conversations carry multiple layers of meaning. Running a family…

Back in 2015, I wrote about what I then called the “nomadic elite”—a small but visible group of professionals who seemed to thrive on constant relocation, moving from one international assignment to the next with relative ease. At the time, I questioned whether we were perhaps celebrating this lifestyle too much, and overlooking the ways…

In the shadow of a planetary crisis defined by climate breakdown, mass nature loss, and persistent poverty, a new consensus is emerging—not only among scientists and environmentalists, but also within the financial and policy-making spheres. The recognition that climate and nature are interlinked with economic resilience is no longer theoretical; it is now a foundational…