The Resilience Tax: Why Family Businesses Invest Before They Need To

In this episode, we’re joined by Devin DeCiantis, Managing Partner at Lansberg Gersick Advisors. Devin has spent years studying how family enterprises endure across generations, focusing on governance, risk, and resilience. Our conversation explores how culture and history shape the way families respond to uncertainty, why long periods of stability can create complacency, and what it means to build resilience before a crisis arrives deliberately. We also discuss intergenerational responsibility, migration, institutional trust, and the idea of paying a “resilience tax” today to strengthen an enterprise for tomorrow.Devin invites us to consider how families can prepare for a future that may look very different from the past, while building the capacity to adapt, endure, and continue across generations.About Devin DeCiantisDevin DeCiantis is a trusted advisor to the world’s leading family enterprises and the Managing Partner at Lansberg Gersick Advisors (LGA). With an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School and years of research into organizational continuity, Devin and his team help business families design robust governance systems that bridge the gap between short-term goals and long-term stewardship. He is the co-author of "The Enduring Enterprise" and the forthcoming book, "Governing Complex Family Enterprises: The Seven Drivers of Continuity".Resources discussed in this episode:The Enduring EnterpriseGoverning Complex Family Enterprises: The Seven Drivers of Continuity (Upcoming)Generation to Generation: Life Cycles of the Family BusinessSucceeding GenerationsJim GrubmanDennis Jaffe Contact Cory Gagnon | Beacon Family Office at CI Assante Wealth Management Ltd. Website: BeaconFamilyOffice.comLinkedIn: Cory GagnonLinkedIn: Beacon Family OfficeEmail: [email protected]: Legacy Builders Strategies for Building Successful Family EnterpriseContact Devin DeCiantis | Lansberg Gersick Advisors (LGA)Website: lga.global LinkedIn: Devin Deciantis Newsletter: The Resilience Playbook NewsletterEmail: [email protected] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.