Objects are never just things - they’re storytellers of values, belonging, and identity. From signet rings to heirlooms, artifacts silently shape how families are perceived. Those who understand and cultivate these symbols strengthen both their heritage and their cultural capital.

Why do some families remain strong for centuries? Shared values, lived rituals, and storytelling hold the key. By learning from communities with timeless traditions and adapting these principles to modern life, families can intentionally build cultural capital that lasts.

Every family faces crises - sudden, slow, or recurring. The difference lies in whether those shocks cause breakdown or spark renewal. With strong foundations, families can turn risks into opportunities for growth and lasting resilience.

Culture is more than rituals or traditions. It’s the invisible glue that shapes how families think, act, and relate. Trust, respect, and shared responsibility build antifragility, while rivalry and distrust tear it apart. An adaptable culture is the foundation for unity across generations.

What makes a family truly future-proof? The answer lies in balancing five forms of capital - cultural, financial, intellectual, social, and human. When these are aligned, families not only survive across generations but thrive with strength and unity.

What if families could grow stronger through crisis instead of breaking apart? True resilience doesn’t come from avoiding stress but from facing challenges together. Diversity, setbacks, and even conflict can be the very forces that make families antifragile.

Is being treated equally the same as being treated fairly? How a family will answer this question is key. Only then can a family work on their definition of fairness and equality. And only then can they mitigate the potential chaos that can ensue around this topic.

Preparing the next generation of family members is the best investment a family can make if they want their legacy to continue. Family continuity and wealth preservation strategies, that lack a solid education agenda will most likely fail to deliver. Teaching your family members to become responsible wealth owners is the most effective way.

How can the next generation become leaders in their families? What can the family gain from this? What can the NextGen gain from it? Do you even want to lead? If you do, where and how would you like to lead?

During conflict, it is hard to maintain your energy levels and reach the results you strive for. Getting it right is the art of conflict management.

The secret ingredient to family business success is productive conflict. We can turn conflict into an opportunity with the right mindset and processes. While it is a key ingredient for success it is also the number one reason for wealth loss.

The dynamics in business families can be traumatizing for young children and these traumas will carry on into adulthood. In adulthood, the effects lead to certain behaviours and toxic dynamics in the family, which can put the family’s wealth at risk. Understanding trauma and working through it is the basis of broken families finding a way to come together again.

Every family has to deal with succession planning in some form or another. By using Design Thinking the succession planning process can be enhanced to reap better results. Design Thinking puts the involved family members at the center of the process and evolves around their needs.

We all know it, the sinking feeling we get once we realize that we have made a mistake. Reflecting mistakes and failures has brought me to a few conclusions on how to grow and learn from them, which I am sharing with you today.

Christmas is coming up and we are all in preparation for it. It is the most wonderful time of the year. And overall, it’s the time of year when we get together with our loved ones and celebrate. Well lets have a look at reality!

Crisis response or crisis management team is a term well known to many of us. In my opinion, every company needs one. But do we know what this term means and what the purpose of these teams is?

We all have our habits - good habits and bad habits. Habits are enormously helpful when used to your advantage. When I am successful at something, I can nail it down to my habit culture. Let’s have a look at habits and deconstruct this wonderful tool.

How well you have defined and set your boundaries will influence every aspect of your life. How you make decisions, how you behave, how you feel and how you perform are directly proportionate to your boundary setting skills. But what are boundaries?

We have all experienced “gut feeling” before. Should we follow it and what exactly is it?

Viktor Frankl is the founder of Logotherapy, which focuses on one’s purpose in life as the central pillar for healing. “Man’s search for meaning” is his most read book.