The Rising Tide

A weekly newsletter on the business, technology and people shaping the future of wealth management.

How Financial Planning Has Got The Story All Wrong: Insights From StoryBrand’s Donald Miller

Client-Centered Financial Planning: StoryBrand Strategies for Advisors

Jud Mackrill • Jun 2, 2025

You Are A Tech Company. Act Like It.

You Are A Tech Company. Act Like It.

Jud Mackrill • May 26, 2025

How We Learn Today—And Why Its Proving That Advisors Matter

How We Learn Today—And Why Its Proving That Advisors Matter

Jud Mackrill • May 19, 2025

Is Your Firm Becoming Newark Airport? How Consolidation Without Strategy Can Ground Progress

Is Your Firm at Risk of Newark Airport’s Consolidation Chaos?

Jud Mackrill • May 12, 2025

The Sandhill Crane Strategy: Building Resilience for a Disrupted Future

The Sandhill Crane Strategy for Business Resilience Amid Disruption

Jud Mackrill • May 5, 2025

Own Your Autonomy: The Three Keys Every Advisor Needs

Own Your Autonomy: The Three Keys Every Advisor Needs

Jud Mackrill • Apr 26, 2025

The Shape of Wealth Management to Come

The Shape of Wealth Management to Come

Jud Mackrill • Apr 22, 2025

How To Leverage Data To Take Your Company To The Next Level

How To Leverage Data To Take Your Company To The Next Level

Jud Mackrill • Apr 12, 2025

Who Are We Building the Next Generation Wealth Management Firms For?

Who Are We Building the Next Generation Wealth Management Firms For?

Jud Mackrill • Apr 5, 2025

The Tailgate: Everything Before the Game Is the Game

The Tailgate: Everything Before the Game Is the Game

Jud Mackrill • Mar 28, 2025

Progress Looks Like Pollen

Progress Looks Like Pollen

Jud Mackrill • Mar 21, 2025

The Art of Experience Design and How it Separates Successful Firms

The Art of Experience Design and How it Separates Successful Firms

Jud Mackrill • Mar 14, 2025

Everybody Always. Why Advising Financial Advisors is the Best Job in the World.

Why Advising Financial Advisors is the Best Job in the World

Jud Mackrill • Mar 7, 2025

Before You Buy That New Tech, Read This.

Before You Buy That New Tech, Read This.

Jud Mackrill • Feb 28, 2025

Portfolio Accounting is Changing. Again. Will You Be Ready?

When that day comes, will you be ready?

Jud Mackrill • Feb 21, 2025

Wealth Management’s Need for Speed

Wealth Management’s Need for Speed

Jud Mackrill • Feb 14, 2025

What Are We Climbing Toward? How We May Want to Refocus as We Build the Next Chapter of Wealth Management

What Are We Climbing Toward in Wealth Management Growth?

Jud Mackrill • Feb 7, 2025

The Cloud Computing Revolution in Wealth Management: Why It Matters and Who’s Leading It

The Impact of Cloud Computing on Wealth Management Leaders

Jud Mackrill • Jan 31, 2025

What an NFL Quarterback Can Teach RIA Leaders About Maximizing Potential

What NFL Quarterbacks Can Teach RIA Leaders for Greater Success

Jud Mackrill • Jan 24, 2025

Reworking Our Work & Our Client Experience

Reworking Our Work & Our Client Experience

Jud Mackrill • Jan 17, 2025

Advisors: Inspire Clients to Live, Not Just Retire

Advisors: Inspire Clients to Live, Not Just Retire

Jud Mackrill • Jan 10, 2025

Forget Resolutions. Here’s How Leaders Win in 2025

Here’s How Leaders Win in 2025

Jud Mackrill • Jan 3, 2025

Riding the Waves: Finding Balance in the In-Between

Riding the Waves: Finding Balance in the In-Between

Jud Mackrill • Dec 27, 2024

Forged in the Furnace - Your End-of-Year Opportunity

Forged in the Furnace - Your End-of-Year Opportunity

Jud Mackrill • Dec 20, 2024

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