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In today’s interculturally complex world, many ultra‑high‑net‑worth families focus on what they have before they pay attention to who they are as a family system. In this conversation, we explore why relational strength, trust, and emotional agility are foundational if wealth is going to last beyond one generation.​

I sit down with Andrew Doust from Plenitude Partners to diagnose the human terrain of multi‑generational families of wealth and to examine how tools like Everything DiSC and Agile EQ can be woven into the fabric of family relationships. We look at how founders can slow down, perceive better, and adopt a different leadership approach at home than in the business so that the next generation is equipped to steward both the assets and the relationships well.​

You’ll hear practical examples of:

• What happens when a strong “alpha” business style is copied into the family system.
• How Agile EQ mindsets help siblings move from seeing each other as irritants to seeing each other as assets.
• Why “the family room” must become more important than “the money room” if you want cohesion that lasts.​

Across borders and cultures, we have observed that when families become more emotionally and interculturally agile, generosity, philanthropy, and long‑term impact increase significantly. This episode is an invitation to rethink how you build a resonant culture in your family, not just structures around your wealth.​

What are you currently not seeing in the relational system of your own client families or the families you belong to?

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In this episode, Marco Blankenburgh unpacks a critical reality that most tech discussions miss: AI isn't removing complexity from our work... it’s just moving it.
Marco explores the shifting landscape of global organizations where Artificial Intelligence is rapidly taking over structured, process-driven tasks. But what happens to the humans? Marco argues that as machines handle the "middle," human beings are pushed to the edges into roles requiring high-level sense-making and deep relational effectiveness.
Instead of a frictionless future, we are entering an era where complexity relocates to the "space between" people.
In this conversation, Marco explores questions like:

Where does complexity go when AI takes over our technical tasks?
Why does increased efficiency often lead to higher friction in human interactions?
How can Intercultural Agility help us navigate the "messy" human dynamics that algorithms can't solve?

This episode offers practical insight into how frameworks like the Three Colors of Worldview and the 12 Dimensions of Culture apply to the AI revolution. It challenges leaders to stop looking for technological fixes to cultural problems and start building the relational capacity their teams need to truly thrive.
If you are leading a team through digital transformation, struggling with "human friction" in a high-tech environment, or trying to define the future value of your workforce, this episode offers a roadmap for what comes next.
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In this episode, George Kesselaar joins Marco Blankenburgh for a powerful conversation that redefines how we think about change.

George brings insight from his PhD research at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business, where he explores the behavioral side of change in global organizations. What makes his work stand out is its intentional design through the lens of Intercultural Agility. Instead of treating change as something that is rolled out, George shows how it can be co-created with people across cultures.

Together, Marco and George explore questions like:

· What causes change efforts to stall, even when the strategy is clear?

· How can we move from rollout to resonance?

· What does it take to create culture rather than dictate it?

This conversation offers practical insight into frameworks such as the Three Colors of Worldview, the 12 Dimensions of Culture, and the idea of building a Third Cultural Space. But more than that, it invites us to reflect on how leaders show up in times of change, how they listen, and how they align with people before inviting into a journey of change.

If you are working on (digital/technology) transformation, navigating resistance, or designing culture in a global environment, this episode will offer you a new way to see and lead change that lasts.

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