Writings

Asher’s editorial for the STEP Journal as the lead editor. One of the world’s most successful investors, Warren Buffet, once said: ‘The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.’

Asher’s opinion piece on the question posed: “The meeting the needs of Modern Families report calls for advisors and legislators globally to adapt and modernize in order to serve the needs of today’s modern family. What sort of modernization is required, in your opinion, and how do we tackle it?.”

Short piece that Asher first published on Medium, connecting the dots from history. This time, a lookback to exactly 50 years ago. As they say, “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Short piece that Asher first published on Medium, primarily on connecting the dots between the past and the present i.e., 1920 and 2020.

Asher wrote this article on the request of Javaid Iqbal, the Founder and CEO of Transform X. The aim was to showcase the concept of digital transformation; a move that accelerated beyond belief, during the testing Covid-19 times, for family businesses and corporates alike.

Asher’s 4,000+ word essay that talks in detail about the subconscious and how enterprising families use timeless tales to get their offspring a leg up, by reinterpreting the replete family business lessons embedded in timeless tales. The conversation does not stop at “they lived happily ever after.” In fact, that’s where the conversation starts. Asher concludes the essay with a closing quote from C.S. Lewis that: “Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

In the published book, Asher has written a chapter titled “Organizing a consolidated balance sheet for the wealthy.”

Asher’s editorial for the Journal as the lead editor. He wrote this prescient piece, a month before Covid-19 broke out and the world shut down. It fits in nicely with how the year 2020 panned out and how we all wish for visual acuity at all times in our lives.

Asher’s article examines the use of social media by family enterprises and provides three unique ideas for members of the earlier generation to engage on social media platforms.

Asher co-authored with the most amazing and legendary Barbara Hauser, a chapter on family offices in the Gulf States, in this book.

Asher’s editorial for the STEP Journal as the lead editor. Asher weaves a bit of philosophy and quantum science into his foreword to make it a more ‘digestible’ read for the discerning.

Asher’s edgy take on the corporate & family businesses vying for longevity. The article aimed to showcase a contrarian view that maybe the quest for longevity might be flawed!

Asher’s concluding piece on Creativity, in the May 2017 series on “Family Business: Electrifying!”

Asher’s article on the important role of CFO’s in Family Offices; as a guest author in the FFI Series on “Myths and Realities: Roles and their overlap.”

Asher’s article, on the ever-popular topic of “succession planning”