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Medici Conference 2026 Highlights
From April 30 to May 3, business families from around the world gathered on the island of Mallorca for the 2026 Medici Conference. Together, we explored how to move beyond success and build lives of significance.
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Medici Conference 2026 Highlights
From April 30 to May 3, business families from around the world gathered on the island of Mallorca for the 2026 Medici Conference. Together, we explored how to move beyond success and build lives of significance.
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In a hustle-obsessed world, strategy is your ultimate shortcut. Cris Auditore and Dr. Philip Zimmermann reveal why thinking — not constant busyness — is the most powerful skill for entrepreneurs who want to build a self-managing business and a lasting legacy. Learn the four pillars of strategic thinking, how to shift from operator to strategist, and why slowing down is the fastest way to scale.
Most business owners dream of selling their company, but the reality is that many small businesses cannot be sold because they're too dependent on the owner. Creating a self-managing business that can operate without you is essential whether you plan to exit or not.
When a clinical psychologist told Cris "being a control freak is a sickness," it hit him like a hammer. For years, Cris had worn his controlling tendencies as a badge of honor, even priding himself on how his team would sit up straighter when he walked into the office. This revelation sparked a profound journey of self-examination that transformed his approach to both business and family life.
What would change in your business decisions if you were thinking 500 years ahead instead of just the next quarter? This thought-provoking question frames our exploration of legacy creation for entrepreneurs and business owners who want more than fleeting success.
What separates those who work endlessly from those who work efficiently? Systems. Most business owners remain trapped in operations because they excel at exciting new projects but fail to transform them into repeatable processes. If your business doesn't become boring, you can't scale it and you can't delegate it—a hard truth for adrenaline-seeking entrepreneurs.
What treasures are hiding in plain sight within your business? Discovering untapped revenue potential doesn't require radical transformation—just a strategic eye for the opportunities you've been overlooking.
Most families talk to their kids about grades, manners, and screens, then go silent on the thing that will shape their choices for decades: money. We want to change that. In this episode, Philip and Cris lay out a simple, repeatable way to teach financial literacy at home. They share the principles, the family meeting structure, and the mindset shift from discipline to systems so wealth becomes stewardship, not entitlement.
From April 30 to May 3, business families from around the world gathered on the island of Mallorca for the 2026 Medici Conference. Together, we explored how to move beyond success and build lives of significance.
Most elevator pitches don’t fail because they’re too short. They fail because they’re trying to be a brochure. In this episode we share a better goal that instantly changes how you introduce yourself: spark real curiosity, then earn the next conversation.
Fear has a way of exposing the truth: either we are about to do something meaningful, or we are about to do something foolish. In this episode we dig into that tension with a question we keep coming back to as business owners: when did you last scare yourself?
Your life does not drift into significance. It has to be designed. In this episode, we talk about why optimization is not enough, and how business owners can begin with the end in mind while also telling the truth about where they are right now. Through stories from the Medici Conference, childhood road trips, global relationships, and personal reflection, they explore how to stop living by default and start becoming the architect of a more intentional life.
Your calendar can look perfect while your life slips by unnoticed. In this episode we talk about presence as a real edge for business owners, not a vague virtue, and how living in the future can make you miss the life you worked to build. We share honest stories from writing deadlines and family vacations, then get concrete about phones, boredom, and small rituals that pull us back to now.