Family Firm Institute
The Family Firm Institute (FFI) is a nonprofit professional membership association based in Boston that educates, connects, and supports advisors, consultants, educators, and researchers who serve family-owned enterprises. It offers educational programs and certificates in family business and wealth advising, publishes the Family Business Review journal, and conducts research on family enterprise.www.ffi.org
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Sep 22, 2026
Charles Avery FisherGUEST
and the kind of work that you feel you can do and within your skill set.
Jordan RichHOST
I've done a lot of interviews for the Family Firm Institute, and we address a lot of the material and content to the practitioners.
Jordan RichHOST
So these are people who are professionals who are working with families and they're dealing with the money side and all that.
Jordan RichHOST
More and more, it seems, Chip, that people are focusing on the human side and the impact of all this on individuals, whether they be siblings or children or parents.
R. Adam SmithHOST
He has a great book out called The Enabling Next Generation Legacies, which he co-authored with Sabine Rao, where he interviewed dozens of major families in the world to discuss rising generation questions and is a go-to resource in the world today.
R. Adam SmithHOST
In 2024, recently, the Family Firm Institute recognized his decade of work with global family enterprises with this international award.
R. Adam SmithHOST
And today, he is very active also talking about the mental health in the industry and recently worked on an innovative global collaboration with IMD, the Family Business Network, and Feli, where he explored questions in the field that are rarely asked around the emotional side of the weight of ownership and how this can be shaped successfully for the next gen.
R. Adam SmithHOST
So I look forward to digging in today, Peter.