What the Odyssey teaches us about generational succession
The real hero of The Odyssey isn't Odysseus; it’s Telemachus, and every family business should know why....
August 25, 2026 • by Alfredo De Massis, Silvia Sanasi in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
Learn how fintech scale-ups turned insights into action via scoping, sensemaking, and enabling, plus a structured checklist for growth....
Continue readingAugust 17, 2026 • by Alfredo De Massis in Family business • 7 min read
The real hero of The Odyssey isn't Odysseus; it’s Telemachus, and every family business should know why....
August 14, 2026 • by Peter Vogel, Anouk Lavoie Orlick in Family business • 7 min read
Antoine Mayaud, a shareholder and member of the Association Familiale Mulliez (AFM) behind Decathlon and Auchan, explains how the family embedded entrepreneurship into its culture and processes, creating a system that repeatedly...
July 28, 2026 • by Alfredo De Massis in Family business • 7 min read
The Frescobaldi formula: humility, reinvention, and stewardship across 30 generations - how to sustain a family business in changing times....
July 3, 2026 • by Peter Lorange, Peter Vogel in Family business • 6 min read
What family expansion, professionalization, and fading emotional ties mean for control - and the tools to counteract them....
May 18, 2026 • by Alfredo De Massis, Qiuyue Lyu, Junsheng Dou, Hanqing Fang in Family business • 7 min read
A lack of innovation is killing family enterprise, but new research suggests it isn’t a lack of ideas that’s the problem....
May 11, 2026 • by Alfredo De Massis, Emanuela Rondi in Family business • 7 min read
Why the biggest family feud to hit the headlines offers a case study in succession under pressure. ...
April 28, 2026 • by Alfredo De Massis, Silvia Sanasi in Family business • 8 min read
Research suggests that successful scale-ups are those that can interpret different information and spread that meaning across the organization to guide coordinated action. ...
April 21, 2026 • by Marleen Dieleman in Family business • 8 min read
Chef Pam transformed a 120-year-old family business into a Michelin-starred restaurant, showing how heritage can fuel innovation and competitive edge...
March 30, 2026 • by Peter Vogel, Mara Catherine Harvey in Family business • 10 min read
Discover the number one parenting mistake that turns children into voracious spenders – and the simple steps to transform them into capable, confident, and conscious investors....
March 20, 2026 • by Alfredo De Massis in Family business • 7 min read
An Italian healthcare firm and Turkish industrial conglomerate show how to tap into existing ideas and knowledge to innovate and stay competitive....
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