Stiller & Meara: The power of storytelling in family businesses
While many family enterprises operate behind closed doors, the Stillers built their brand on stage and screen. Their personal history wasn’t hidden — it was refined, shaped, and retold in ways that created trust with their audience. Over time, that trust became their brand. This is the quiet power of storytelling in a family enterprise...
Research & commentary
What we’re reading: Dirtbag Billionaire
Dirtbag Billionaire tells a story we love — of a passionate entrepreneur who built a successful, enduring company based on his vision and passion. Yvon Chouinard ended up with a challenge faced by many business founders: What do you do with a business when children and heirs are not interested in taking over?
Giving that lasts: How business families strengthen Canadian communities
Across Canada, business families don't just build companies — they build communities. They give generously to causes close to their hearts, and their philanthropy is multifaceted. But more than its breadth, what defines their giving is its character — sustained, personal, and woven into the family itself. And the numbers prove it...
What we're reading: Creativity Inc.
Creativity Inc. is really about one simple core idea: that great companies are built less on brilliant ideas and more on environments where people can improve imperfect ideas together through the Braintrust model. This model works because the best leaders aren’t the ones with all the answers — they’re the ones who create environments where the truth surfaces quickly...