Insights

In this miniseries, the LGT Young Soloists answer three questions about the beginnings of their musical careers, their highlights and challenges. This week, we speak to violinist Sara Göbel.

What does it take to become a soloist? Talent alone is not enough, as violinist and LGT Young Soloist Artistic Director Alexander Gilman has learned early on. It takes initiative, practice - and, perhaps surprisingly, the ability to play as a team.

In one of his last interviews before his unexpected death at age 80, American entrepreneur and author Bob Chapman told Insights about his approach to management, and his work with Raj Sisodia, co-founder of the Conscious Capitalism movement, on their seminal book "Everybody Matters: The...

Data is vital to most business activities; it's among companies most valuable resource,especially in the age of AI. Which is precisely why we must avoid falling into uncritical use of bits and bytes. The rule still holds: junk in, junk out. Low-quality datasets mislead even the best algorithms,...

For many families who own a business, succession starts with a conversation. But what happens when the older generation avoids the subject? And how can the younger generation make itself heard without turning a difficult conversation into a damaging one?

How families pass on wealth and responsibility is one of the key issues in wealth succession. Benjamin Vetterli, Senior Family Advisor at LGT, has been helping high-net-worth families structure their wealth across generations for 25 years. In this interview, he explains why open dialogue is...

Children who grow up with every advantage can miss out on something essential: the experience of limits and earning something for themselves. Andrew Carnegie understood this risk well. Psychology helps explain why that concern still resonates today.

Experts are sounding the alarm about large language models increasingly being trained on synthetic or intentionally false data. This could have disastrous real-world consequences.

Succession planning has become one of the central challenges for wealthy families. What determines whether this wealth transfer succeeds is often less about markets or structures - and more about how families communicate, decide and govern. We look at a specific use case to learn about the six...