1. What defines a coherent entrepreneurial family?
  2. Can family purpose be tracked to develop further coherence?
  3. Do business families have a responsibility to initiate positive change in communities?

Managing Drive and the Family Enterprise ǀ Successful entrepreneurial families are not driven by mysterious forces – the inexplicable energy that commentators vaguely describe as the “secret sauce” of a charmed existence. The actual ingredients – hard work and progressive attitudes – are more conventional. Yet as the world changes, so does the family, its attitudes towards enterprise and helping communities, as well as actions taken towards raising living standards. Are impact-oriented millennials in lockstep with philanthropic boomers? Are there discrepancies between cohorts’ words and actions? Family Coherence Mapping could uncover important truths.

Facilitated by: Michelle Osry, Deloitte Canada

Panelists: Christina Anne Kyosti, ViaTalenta Group, Aaron Gillespie, COBS Bread and Kelsey Spitz-Dietrich, UCS Forest Group