Family Firm Institute Podcast
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFrom the Family Firm Institute, this podcast features interviews and discussion with thought leaders in professional advising and consulting, legal and financial services, and behavioral and management sciences.
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Running Against Time: An Interview with Henry Krasnow, Carlo Salvato, and Allison Krasnow
April 15, 2024 00:00 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBIn this FFI Practitioner podcast, three marathon runners explore how time, discipline, generational pulls, and much more play out when running a race. Today’s conversation also observes on how these characteristics exhibit themselves in the timing of activities, decisions, and emotional dynamics in a multi-generational family enterprise. Thanks to FFI Fellows Henry Krasnow and Carlo Salvato, and to … Continue reading Running Against Time: An Interview with Henry Krasnow, Carlo Salvato, and Al...
Reimagining Wisdom, Wealth, and Legacy: An Interview with Maasai Elder Emmanuel Mankura
March 28, 2024 23:30 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to feature a podcast conversation with Emmanuel Mankura, Maasai tribe elder and cultural ambassador. This podcast is the first in a series of four interviews presented by this year’s 2086 Society grant recipient, the Nomadic School of Business. In this podcast, Emmanuel shares insights into the ancient wisdom of the Maasai … Continue reading Reimagining Wisdom, Wealth, and Legacy: An Interview with Maasai Elder Emmanuel Mankura →
Perspectives on Family Philanthropy and Social Impact Governance: An Interview with Christina Wing
March 15, 2024 11:26 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBShow notes: FFI Practitioner is pleased to feature a podcast conversation with Christina Wing, founder of Wingspan Legacy Partners, a family business and family office advisory firm. In this podcast, Christina discusses governance for family philanthropy, social impact investing as a strategy for rising-generation leaders, and the importance of treating foundations as family businesses that … Continue reading Perspectives on Family Philanthropy and Social Impact Governance: An Interview with ...
Time and Time Again: An Interview with the Nomadic School of Business, 2086 Society Annual Grant Recipient
January 29, 2024 12:14 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBWe conclude our January series on Time with a podcast conversation with Anthony Willoughby, founder of the Nomadic School of Business, and Doutzen Groothof, a Dutch sociologist and coach who lives in Rwanda. She is the founder of StandTall, a boutique coaching and consulting enterprise. We hope this podcast is, well, timely, and will inspire … Continue reading Time and Time Again: An Interview with the Nomadic School of Business, 2086 Society Annual Grant Recipient →
Systemic Investing: A year-end conversation with 2023 FFI Scholar-in-Residence Jason Jay and John Davis
December 04, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to feature a podcast conversation with Jason Jay, 2023 FFI Scholar-in-Residence, Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan, and John Davis, chairman and founder of the Cambridge Family Enterprise Group, Senior Lecturer in Family Enterprise at MIT Sloan, and a … Continue reading Systemic Investing: A year-end conversation with 2023 FFI Scholar-in-Residence Jason Jay and John Davis →
FFI Practitioner: Neus Feliu Receives the 2023 FFI Richard Beckhard Practice Award
October 13, 2023 13:16 - 13 minutes - 12 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to feature a podcast discussion with Neus Feliu, the recipient of the 2023 Richard Beckhard Practice Award. The Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of multi-generational family enterprise practice.
FFI Practitioner: Doug Baumoel Receives the 2023 FFI Interdisciplinary Award
October 09, 2023 16:26 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to feature a podcast discussion with Doug Baumoel, the recipient of the 2023 FFI Interdisciplinary Award. In Doug’s conversation with Jordan Rich, he reflects on the history of his own family’s enterprise, conflict resolution, and thinking like an engineer.
FFI Practitioner: The Manifestations of Money in the Business Family: An interview with Claudia Astrachan, Anneleen Michiels, and Randy Waesche
October 02, 2023 12:45 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to feature a podcast discussion with Claudia Astrachan, Anneleen Michiels, and Randy Waesche. In their conversation, they discuss the topic of their session at the upcoming FFI Global Conference, “Incentive, Punishment, Reward, Control: The Many Misunderstood and Underexplored Manifestations of Money in the Business Family.”
FFI Practitioner: Adam Ifshin and Rocki-Lee DeWitt: Evolving the Entrepreneurial Culture in a Changing Talent Landscape
September 15, 2023 12:46 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to invite Adam Ifshin, CEO of DLC Management, and Rocki-Lee DeWitt, Professor of Management in the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont to the podcast. In their conversation, they discuss the topic of their session at the upcoming FFI Global Conference, “Evolving the Entrepreneurial Culture in a Changing … Continue reading FFI Practitioner: Adam Ifshin and Rocki-Lee DeWitt: Evolving the Entrepreneurial Culture in a Changing Talent Landscape →
FFI Global Conference keynote speaker Grace Lordan
September 06, 2023 17:49 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBFFI on Friday is pleased to feature Grace Lordan, Associate Professor of behavioral science and Founding Director of The Inclusion Initiative at the London School of Economics, in this wide-ranging conversation about the future of work, including pay equity and the possibilities of AI. She is delivering the closing keynote at the FFI Global Conference … Continue reading FFI Global Conference keynote speaker Grace Lordan →
FFI on Friday: FFI Global Conference keynote speaker Barnet Schecter
August 02, 2023 14:01 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBFFI on Friday is pleased to feature Barnet Schecter, an independent historian whose books include “The Battle for New York: The City at the Heart of the American Revolution.” He is delivering a keynote at the FFI Global Conference in October, entitled “It’s A Family Affair: Conquering New York, from Revolution to Rising Seas.”
How Positive Psychology Can Help Family Enterprises Flourish
June 05, 2023 18:32 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBThe FFI Practitioner podcast is pleased to host Doug Gray, PhD, discussing the field of positive psychology and how its research findings can help family business advisors with their clients. Doug Gray, PhD, is a consultant with the Family Business Consulting Group, co-founder of Assess Next Gen, LLC, and CEO of Action Learning Associates, LLC, … Continue reading How Positive Psychology Can Help Family Enterprises Flourish →
Differences Among Family Firms: What the Research Shows
April 14, 2023 13:22 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBThe FFI Practitioner podcast is pleased to host GEN Faculty member and FFI Fellow Francesco Barbera, discussing heterogeneity among family firms. This discussion uses as its launching point the FFI GEN course 501, “Evidence-Based Advising: Using Research to Empower Family Enterprises.” Francesco Barbera, PhD, FFI Fellow, is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at … Continue reading Differences Among Family Firms: What the Research Shows →
Becoming a More Conscious Advisor
March 31, 2023 19:22 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to host a conversation with GEN Faculty member and FFI Fellow Dennis Jaffe, Marta Widz, and Hakim Benbadra, to discuss models for managing conflict in enterprise families. This discussion uses as its launching point the FFI GEN course 502, “Evolving Family Enterprise Governance: Right-Fitting Governance Across Generations.” Dennis Jaffe, PhD, FFI … Continue reading Becoming a More Conscious Advisor →
Research Applied: FBR Précis on A Family Imprinting Approach to Nurturing Willing Successors
December 08, 2022 13:51 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBFor this week’s FFI Practitioner podcast, we are pleased to feature Pilar Marques, Associate Professor of Strategy and Family Business at the University of Girona in Spain. She is the first author of the September 2022 Family Business Review article “A Family Imprinting Approach to Nurturing Willing Successors: Evidence from Centennial Family Firms.” Family Business … Continue reading Research Applied: FBR Précis on A Family Imprinting Approach to Nurturing Willing Successors →
A Nordic Perspective on Family Office Impact Investing: An interview with Camille Korschun and Erik Wetter
November 27, 2022 13:56 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBThis week’s FFI Practitioner podcast concludes our series of interviews with presenters from this year’s FFI Global Conference. In this conversation, Camille Korschun and Erik Wetter, both from the Stockholm School of Economics, discuss the unique attributes of family offices that make them well-suited to engage in impact investing. Camille and Erik also share lessons … Continue reading A Nordic Perspective on Family Office Impact Investing: An interview with Camille Korschun and Erik Wetter →
How Does an Aging Society Disrupt Enterprising Families? An interview with Maria Sinanis
November 17, 2022 14:51 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBThis week’s FFI Practitioner podcast, which continues our series of interviews from the FFI Global Conference speakers, is a conversation with Maria Sinanis of Cambridge Family Enterprise Group. At the 2022 FFI Global Conference, she presented the session “How Does an Aging Society Disrupt Enterprising Families?”
Recognizing Evolutionary Behavior in Enterprise Families: An interview with Andrew Gersick
November 14, 2022 15:20 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBFor this week’s edition, FFI Practitioner is pleased to feature Andrew Gersick, a Visiting Researcher and Lecturer in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and a Researcher in Computer Science at San Diego State University. At the 2022 FFI Global Conference, he and his father, Kelin Gersick of Lansberg Gersick Advisors, co-presented the session … Continue reading Recognizing Evolutionary Behavior in Enterprise Families: An interview with Andrew Gersick →
Jon Quinn: The Evolving Dynamics of Next-Generation Philanthropy
November 07, 2022 14:44 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to invite Jon Quinn, Deputy Director at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, to discuss the factors contributing to the rising generation’s philanthropic goals and decisions. In recent years, the Covid-19 pandemic, a worldwide reckoning with racial injustice, and increased political polarization have transformed the dynamics of “next-generation philanthropy.”
Jason Jay: “Creating Climate Futures: Business in a changing world”
October 20, 2022 15:22 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to host Jason Jay, Senior Lecturer and Director of the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative. Dr. Jay is presenting a keynote at the FFI Global Conference, entitled “Creating Climate Futures: Business in a changing world.”
Research Applied: FBR Précis on When Family Business Meets Social Enterprise
August 30, 2022 16:37 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to invite Robert Randolph to discuss his upcoming Family Business Review article, “When Family Business Meets Social Enterprise: An Integrative Review and Future Research Agenda,” cowritten with Benjamin Alexander, Kristen Madison, and Francesco Barbera. Dr. Randolph, assistant professor of family business management at Kennesaw State University, discusses the connections and the … Continue reading Research Applied: FBR Précis on When Family Business Meets Social E...
Rethinking the “Three Generations Rule” with Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
April 19, 2022 19:08 - 17 minutes - 16 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to host a conversation with family enterprise advisors Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer, both from BanyanGlobal Family Business Advisors and co-authors of the article “Do Most Family Businesses Really Fail by the Third Generation?” published in Harvard Business Review last year.
FBR Précis: Applying Family Science to Executive Compensation in Family Firms
March 22, 2022 09:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to host a discussion with Anneleen Michiels, Isabel Botero, and Roland Kidwell, discussing their article, “Toward a Family Science Perspective on Executive Compensation in Family Firms: A Review and Research Agenda,” published in the March 2022 issue of Family Business Review.
“Falling in Love with the Future”: An interview with Mark Stevenson and Debbie Bing
January 04, 2022 16:56 - 19 minutes - 18 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to present an interview with Mark Stevenson and FFI Board chair Debbie Bing. Mark Stevenson is the 2021 recipient of the 2086 Society Applied Research grant as the 2022 FFI Futurenaut-in-Residence. In this week’s podcast, Mark and Debbie discuss Mark’s role as Futurenaut-in-Residence, the important roles in environmental sustainability that are … Continue reading “Falling in Love with the Future”: An interview with Mark Stevenson and Debbie Bing →
“Christian Stewart Receives FFI Interdisciplinary Award”
October 26, 2021 13:50 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to introduce Christian Stewart, founder of Family Legacy Asia and the 2021 recipient of the Interdisciplinary Award. In this week’s podcast, Mr. Stewart, in conversation with Jordan Rich, discusses family governance, family learning and development, and the emerging role of a “Chief Learning Officer” in the family office field, among other … Continue reading “Christian Stewart Receives FFI Interdisciplinary Award” →
“Kathy Wiseman Receives FFI Richard Beckhard Award”
October 19, 2021 21:26 - 8 minutes - 7.51 MBIn this week’s podcast, FFI Practitioner is pleased to introduce Kathy Wiseman, the 2021 recipient of the Richard Beckhard Practice Award. Ms. Wiseman, in conversation with Jordan Rich, reflects on her memories of Richard Beckhard, the founding years of FFI, and her evolving practice as an observer of dynamic systems. To learn more about the Family … Continue reading “Kathy Wiseman Receives FFI Richard Beckhard Award” →
Managing Ethical Dilemmas in Family Business
August 31, 2021 12:53 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to host a discussion with Rania Labaki, Wendy Ulaszek, and Christopher Robichaud, introducing their upcoming FFI Global Conference seminar, “Managing Ethical Dilemmas in Family Business.” They address the effects of such ethical dilemmas, the difference between a family’s aspirational values and descriptive values, the benefits of educational initiatives within the business … Continue reading Managing Ethical Dilemmas in Family Business →
Interview with Patricia Angus
July 13, 2021 18:26 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to invite FFI Fellow Patricia Angus to discuss her most recent book, The Beneficiary Primer: A guide for beneficiaries of family trusts. The Beneficiary Primer is a crucial, succinct resource for beneficiaries, trustees, advisors, and other practitioners to navigate, administer, and benefit from trusts. To learn more about the Family Firm Institute … Continue reading Interview with Patricia Angus →
Interview with Trusted Family’s Arnaud de Coninck
June 15, 2021 19:18 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to invite Arnaud de Coninck, Trusted Family’s Global Head of Partnerships, to discuss how advisors can make the best use of technology in serving their family enterprise clients more effectively. His conversation with Jordan Rich covers cybersecurity, data management, and how more efficient communication methods translate into better governance and communication … Continue reading Interview with Trusted Family’s Arnaud de Coninck →
The Role of Women in Legacy and Estate Planning
May 17, 2021 14:18 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to invite FFI Fellow Patricia Annino to discuss her experience guiding business families and families of wealth through legacy and estate planning. Patricia Annino is an attorney with Rimôn, P.C. in Boston. She is a former member of the FFI board of directors, a founding member of the 2086 Society, and a … Continue reading The Role of Women in Legacy and Estate Planning →
Julien Lescs Discusses Psychodynamics and Family Governance
April 06, 2021 16:47 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to invite Julien Lescs to discuss his research. In this week’s podcast, Jordan Rich interviews Julien Lescs, family office advisor and co-founder of Kanopé Impact, about his research on psychodynamics and its impact on family offices and family governance. To learn more about the Family Firm Institute go to www.ffi.org.
An Interview with G. Tyge Payne, Outgoing FBR Editor
November 24, 2020 14:39 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBSincere thanks to G. Tyge Payne for this podcast discussing the future of academic research in the family enterprise world. Tyge has been the editor of Family Business Review (FBR) since 2018 and will end his term on December 31, 2020. To learn more about the Family Firm Institute go to www.ffi.org.
Kathryn McCarthy Receives FFI Award
October 26, 2020 18:02 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBThis week concludes our series of podcasts featuring interviews with the 2020 FFI Achievement Award recipients. Thank you to Jordan Rich and Kathryn McCarthy, the recipient of the Richard Beckhard Practice Award, for this podcast, in which Kathryn reflects on what it means to receive the award and on the evolving role of family offices. … Continue reading Kathryn McCarthy Receives FFI Award →
The STEP Project Receives FFI Award
October 19, 2020 14:14 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBThis week we continue our series of podcast interviews with the recipients of the 2020 FFI Achievement Awards by featuring this year’s International Award recipient, the Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices (STEP) Project. In this podcast, Jordan Rich interviews Andrea Calabrò, the STEP academic director about the STEP Project’s family enterprise research initiatives and their international … Continue reading The STEP Project Receives FFI Award →
Andrew Hier Receives FFI Award
October 12, 2020 17:23 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBWe are pleased to continue our series of podcasts featuring interviews with the 2020 FFI Achievement Award recipients. In this week’s podcast, Andrew Hier, the recipient of the Interdisciplinary Award, reflects on the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to family enterprise advising and how his own background as an attorney has contributed to his current … Continue reading Andrew Hier Receives FFI Award →
Rania Labaki Receives FFI Award
September 21, 2020 17:45 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBFFI Practitioner is pleased to introduce a series of podcasts featuring interviews with the 2020 FFI Achievement Award recipients. In this week’s podcast, Jordan Rich interviews Rania Labaki, the recipient of the Barbara Hollander Award, about her experience in the field and the current state of family enterprise advising. To learn more about the Family … Continue reading Rania Labaki Receives FFI Award →
Jessica Genick, Broadway Producer & FFI Conference Keynote
September 15, 2020 17:52 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBJoin Jessica Genick, Tony nominated producer of 10 Broadway shows including Come From Away, as she talks with Jordan Rich about life in a family business. She is the daughter of the famed and prolific producer, Jerry Frankel, and grew up in the business of theater. In addition to producing, Jessica creates and leads “Business … Continue reading Jessica Genick, Broadway Producer & FFI Conference Keynote →