Last weekend, I attended the 2025 IESE Family Business Conference in Barcelona — a thought-provoking gathering of owners, advisors, and academics exploring the evolving governance of family-owned enterprises. Here are my key take-aways: 1. Rob Lachenauer’s “Kite” Framework – A Compass for Family Owners One of the most resonant insights came from Rob Lachenauer (BanyanGlobal),...
Author: Christophe Schwoertzig
From Advisory to Ecosystem: How VC-A Is Redefining Corporate Growth
In this episode of the IMH Media Podcast, Alexander Mihalcea interviews Christophe Schwoertzig, Founder and Managing Director of Value Creation – Alternative (VC-A). Together, they explore how VC-A evolved from a corporate advisory firm into a global ecosystem of investors, experts, and solution providers helping companies “find that missing piece” to accelerate their growth. Christophe...
Political crisis. War crisis. Will the economy hold?
On September 16, I attended a high-level conference at IESE Business School that addressed a crucial question: how can the economy withstand an environment marked by political and war-related crises? The speakers were Jordi Gual, former President of CaixaBank, whom I had the privilege of having as a professor when I did my MBA, and...
Driving Strategic Transformation to Embrace AI
AI-Adoption Program - Key Service Objectives Uncertainty around AI adoption is sky high. A recent MIT/Fortune report highlights that 95% of corporate generative AI pilots fail before scaling. The reasons are clear: lack of alignment, poor business models, and projects driven by hype rather than strategy. At Value Creation – Alternative, we believe AI should...
The AI Geopolitical Landscape: A Wake-Up Call for EU Companies
In a thought-provoking analysis, Prof. Sampsa Samila painted a rather concerning picture of the EU’s position in the global AI race. Where Does Europe Stand? To say that the EU is lagging behind the U.S. in AI development would be an understatement. The combined market capitalization of all EU high-tech companies doesn’t even come close...