Tactics from the Owner’s Box: Social Discount

May 9th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  9 mins 22 secs

business, cliff asness, performance, purpose, social good, st. louis, virtue, washu

In today’s tactics from “The Owner’s Box,” we explore whether one can and should put a number…. to what it means to balance social purpose and business performance.

Ultimately, how much overlap you see between the financial maximization of returns and the non-financial drivers of business likely shapes what you see as possible

Episode 2: Creative Control with Jeremy King

April 25th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  36 mins 39 secs

bluey, business, creativity, food, london

Ownership dynamics in a creative industry with special guest Jeremy London.

Tactics from the Owner’s Box: Succession

April 11th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 15 secs

Between full episodes, we want to take you back into the owner’s box for mini-episode insights into what it means to build the skills of strategic ownership.

Episode 1: Transitioning with Soul

March 28th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  33 mins 36 secs

This podcast will explore questions of what it means to be a strategic owner -- inside and outside the family firm context -- all using a mix of interviews and insights drawn from experience and academic research. "Transitioning with Soul" -- is our first episode and features Ari Weinzweig of Zingerman's, Danny Meyer of USHG Acquisition Corp. Shake Shack and USHG, LLC, and Bo Burlingham of Forbes.

Season 1 Trailer

March 26th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 min 17 secs

What does it mean to be a strategic owner? Find out with host, Peter Boumgarden, Director of the Koch Center for Family Enterprise at WashU Olin School of Business.