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How Are Generational Shifts in China Reshaping the Global Family Business?

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In this episode of the LGA Lighthouse podcast, host Tim Yeung interviews Zak Dychtwald, author of the book Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World and founder of the Young China Group. Zak provides a human-centered view of the generational and cultural shifts happening in China, and how they’re reshaping global business, family dynamics, and individual identity.

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LGA Insights – January 2026

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Welcome to the first edition of LGA Insights for 2026!
In this edition, you’ll find a recent article from our colleague Mika Mazor, who frames how the hit series Succession serves as the ultimate “negative case study” for multi-generational success.
We also share fresh insights from Nicolas Hollanders on whether Artificial Intelligence is a threat to the traditional family advisor, or its greatest ally.

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Family Governance: Can AI Become Your Trusted Advisor?

-Articles, Education, Family Business, Innovation, Processes, Strategy /

The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not merely a technological shift; it represents a fundamental transformation reshaping every industry across the world. While the precise nature of its impact on the highly nuanced field of family enterprise consulting remains uncertain, change is upon us.

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Why It Took Me Three Years to Finish HBO’s Succession and What It Teaches Us About How Not to Run a Family Enterprise

-Articles, Agreements, Conflict, Engagement, Family Business, Leadership, Leadership, Processes, Strategy, Succession, Values, Vision /

I tried to watch the award-winning HBO series on numerous occasions, stopping repeatedly, not because it wasn’t brilliant, but because it was brutal. The cynicism, humiliation, and constant power games felt too extreme. For anyone working closely with multi-generational family enterprises, this world of perpetual chaos and zero-sum power felt not only far removed from our reality, but was also a painful mirror reflecting everything that causes a family enterprise to fail.

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Can Families Find Purpose by Giving Together?

-Podcasts, Engagement, Family Foundation, Leadership, Leadership, Philanthropy, Strategy, Values /

In this episode of the LGA Lighthouse podcast, host Tim Yeung interviews Ashley Blanchard, a Partner at LGA and an expert in family philanthropy. Drawing on her co-authored study with Wendy Ulaszek for the National Center for Family Philanthropy, Ashley shares insights on how families can successfully engage the next generation, balance individual interests with collective purpose, and navigate the journey of professionalizing their philanthropic efforts.

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Can Worry Actually Work for You to Parent with Purpose?

-Podcasts, Communication, Conflict, Education, Family Business, Leadership, Leadership, Next Gen, Values /

In this episode of the LGA Lighthouse Podcast, host Tim Yeung speaks with psychotherapist and author Dr. Dana Dorfman about her book, When Worry Works: How to Harness Your Parenting Stress and Guide Your Teen to Success. They discuss how parents, especially those in successful family enterprises, can transform their achievement-driven anxiety into intentional, values-based parenting.

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