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Hidden Gems Articles
Hidden Gem #8 – The Hidden Truth About Values
The Hidden Truth About Values, by Matthew Wesley
Hidden Gem #7 – Helping Families Create a Positively Attractive Environment
Dear Friends, This is one of my favorite times of the year and I am honored and excited to share this wonderful paper written by my insightful friend, Katherine Dean, right in time for Thanksgiving. This paper gets to the core of my philosophy that a family that links...
Hidden Gem #6 – Economic Possibilities for your Grandchildren (written in 1930)
Economic Possibilities for your Grandchildren, by John Maynard Keynes (1930) I am excited to share this sixth Hidden Gem in our series of seminal works. This paper was written in 1930 by one of the most widely regarded economists of the 20th century, John Maynard...
Hidden Gem #5 – Hyperagency and High-Tech Donors
Hyperagency and High-Tech Donors: A New Theory of Today’s New Philanthropists PAUL G. SCHERVISH* Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Founding Director (retired) February 2023—Based on a working paper of a similar title [pdf-embedder...
Hidden Gem #4 – Building a Thriving and Connected Family of Wealth
Hidden Gem #4
Hidden Gem #3 – The Blob: How culture eats structure for breakfast
We are excited to share our Hidden Gem #3 with you! This first version of this Gem by Matt Wesley was written in 2014 and I immediately knew this concept was extremely important for our field. Given our Foundation’s recent partnership with the Drucker Institute and...
Hidden Gem #1 – The Family-Focused Office
We are proud to share this important paper by Scott Peppet (President of a family office) on becoming a family-focused office. This article was published by FFI on November 10, 2021. Scott emphasizes Jay’s approach that we have to understand that “wealth” means...
Hidden Gem #2 – The journey towards governance for a family enterprise: aligning multiple values and priorities to develop family capital
by Dennis Jaffe This article was written a decade ago. It presents several models and tools that link together as the work to be done as a business family succeeds across generations. They outline the complex tasks that make up the hybrid family/business entity. In...