In a recent survey on family wealth by the Private Wealth Network, nearly 71 per cent of Australian family offices surveyed tried to hide their wealth. David was interviewed in...
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Navigating Wealth Beyond Rich Lists
In this article on &Simple, David takes a critical look at 'rich lists'. Despite their purported acclaim, ‘rich lists’ present a number of limitations in accurately ranking individuals based on...
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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…
Journal Article: Time-Purpose Map
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…
Speaking on Power Dynamics
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…
Speaking at Prestel & Partner – Singapore
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…
Speaking at PWN Roundtable: Do we keep our family wealth together or go our separate ways?
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…
Guest Lecturer at Harvard Business School
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…
PFBI Symposium – Communication and Continuity
In this session, David Werdiger and Shri Tatwamasi Dixit ji will jointly explore the fundamental importance of communication in family business. Some of the key themes include communication complexities and...
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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…
COVID Inequality & Multipliers
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…
