

What would you rather in your family: to manage conflict or avoid it completely? Before you jump to door number two, snap out of fairy tale land and accept that…
In an article for The International Family Offices Journal, David writes on finding balance in wealthyfamilies. David observes that when one’s time does not need to be spent in the…
David will be one of the facilitators at the UHNW Institute Masterclass on Power Dynamics. Using examples from the popular TV show, Succession, we’ll explore the often-invisible influences that shape how…
David will be speaking at Prestel & Partner’s Family Office Forum in Singapore on 16-17 May. Topic: Pruning the TreeMany families that share significant assets may at some point consider…
On 22 March, David will be speaking at PWN’s event in Auckland. Many families that share significant assets may at some pointconsider whether to continue managing their wealth, business orphilanthropy…
David will be a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School’s Families in Business executive education course in November. He will lecture on family governance and teach a case study on…
I’ve always had a soft spot for Matthew Stafford. The guy has a huge arm, and can make pretty-much any throw, and there he was stuck at the Lions teasing…
The lockdowns of varying degrees currently being experienced in Melbourne and Sydney highlight the deep fissures and inequalities prevalent in large cities. Rather than a tale of two cities, it’s…
Management guru Peter Drucker gave us “what gets measured gets managed” (for better or worse). Governments bombard us daily with COVID-related statistics, but many of them are measuring the wrong things. The…