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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...
The growing rift between the Castel family and the founder-established governance structures highlights a premise that CMG sometimes sees in the family dynamics: A support system is worth investing in, and a family’s skills, capabilities, and communication need to evolve to adapt and support the family’s future...
Sharing a last name doesn’t automatically create shared purpose. In advising Canadian business families, CMG Principal, Quillan Quarrington, finds that owning a business alongside your family requires additional effort to find trust and alignment...
At a time when scale and speed are often seen as primary measures of success, Another Way by Dave Whorton and Bo Burlingham offers a thoughtful alternative — one that resonates with business owners, family enterprise leaders, and their advisors. Within the pages of Another Way, leaders of family businesses will find themselves in good company and be reminded to take pride in what only a few can do...
Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) has long been a foundation in the world of investment portfolio management. The added benefit of combining MPT with participating whole life insurance empowers business families to optimize the risk-return relationship within their portfolios, giving them another tool in their arsenal to steward the wealth they’ve worked hard to accumulate...
Much has been discussed on the impact of the recent increase to the capital gains inclusion rate, from 50% to 66.6%, effective June 25, 2024. The federal government shared that it designed the increase to extract more tax revenue from ultra-high-net-worth Canadians to pay for its various spending priorities...
We explore bridging the gap between generations in business families, outlining five key steps to ease intergenerational tensions and ensure success...
Creaghan McConnell Gould recently came across an incredible interview with the ever-entertaining David Rubenstein and the seldom-interviewed Abigail Johnson, the third-generation Chairwoman and CEO behind Fidelity Investments. Fidelity has been privately held and family-controlled since Johnson's grandfather, Edward C. Johnson II, founded the business in 1946...
Less than one week after the launch of the 50th anniversary celebration for his revolutionary fashion house, Giorgio Armani passed away on September 24, 2025. He was 91. Known as “Re Giorgio” (“King Giorgio”) for his reign in the fashion industry, the illustrious Italian designer was the sole owner of his iconic company...
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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...
More than a name: Why family businesses need to build intentional identities
Sharing a last name doesn’t automatically create shared purpose. In advising Canadian business families, CMG Principal, Quillan Quarrington, finds that owning a business alongside your family requires additional effort to find trust and alignment...
What we’re reading: Another Way
At a time when scale and speed are often seen as primary measures of success, Another Way by Dave Whorton and Bo Burlingham offers a thoughtful alternative — one that resonates with business owners, family enterprise leaders, and their advisors. Within the pages of Another Way, leaders of family businesses will find themselves in good company and be reminded to take pride in what only a few can do...