A number of people succinctly describe the difference between leadership and management: architects vs builders, what things mean to people vs how things get done. In an entrepreneurial venture and…
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When parents die, their children become orphans. Parents and children can have a deep and enduring relationship, and parents can be a key part of their children’s ‘origin story’. When…
Consider This: How do you explain your family wealth to young children? At what do you start this process? How do you say ‘no’ to them and place limits on…
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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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…
Hamas Announces Charidy Campaign
In the wake of the recent conflict between Israel & Hamas, this satirical piece imagines Hamas using a popular Jewish charity fundraising platform [Times of Israel]
Remembering Holocaust Destruction vs Liberation
David shares how their annual family dinner that commemorates the Holocaust is a forward-looking rather than a backward-looking memorial. [Times of Israel]
This year our seder is about… Pesach!
Ahead of Pesach (Passover), David discusses how the seder ritual has been diluted by other popular causes and the need to keep it focussed on its original purpose. [Times of…
Not everyone who …
In this article, David points out that views on controversial issues are rarely black and white [Substack].
How Not to Run a Football Club
After the sudden resignation of the president of Collingwood Football Club, Eddie McGuire, David points out the club’s flaws when it comes to governance and leadership. [Medium].
‘My grandfather was a Nazi and I just wanted to say…’
David reflects on the attitudes of second generation Holocaust survivors to individual Germans and the German people [featured post on Times of Israel].
Explaining Orthodoxy’s many Responses to Coronavirus
David writes his first piece for The Lehrhaus and explores the social, cultural, and theological perspectives of how the Jewish community has responded to COVID-related restrictions to gain a deeper…
