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Family Governance: Can AI Become Your Trusted Advisor?

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

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?

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?

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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