They say: immigrants are taking our jobs! And the Chinese. And soon: the robots! But do we still want what we call work these days, with all the burnouts and heart attacks? What will change as our workforce gets both smaller and older? How is work going to look like in the years and decades to come, and where, how and why will we do it?

Houses, cars, wifi or music: we share, rent and borrow it all: the new status symbol isn’t what you own - it’s what you’re smart enough not to own. During a financial crisis, cheap and easy access trumps burdensome ownership for sure.

Patterns of collaborative consumption made simple and scalable by technology can now be spotted everywhere, and the companies that enable this fast, efficient allocation of resources previously underutilized are doing well indeed. Increasingly though, there’s a backlash: incumbents are awaking and regulators take a closer look while we all try to get used to new modes of ownership and control.

Family businesses are at the intersection of technology-induced megatrends in very special ways: living longer, having fewer children, globalization, individualization, pressure for faster and faster innovations cycles all have a direct impact on family businesses both new and old.

With a unique set of global perspectives this session will tackle a range of crucial questions of broad relevance: What does it mean to run a family business today? What changes when you don’t plan for the next quarter, but for the next generation? What’s the impact of new technologies? How to raise a next generation of leaders ready for a world full of change? And how do you radically innovate - with your dad looking over your shoulder?