When Someone Feels Wronged.
Research & Insight Understanding grievances, fixation and the risk of violence Most of us have felt badly treated at some point. Perhaps we were dismissed from a job, rejected by ...
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Why Coleman Was Stopped and Rudakubana Wasn’t: Pre-Attack Behaviour and the Gap in UK Threat Assessment
Two Dangerous Young Men in the UK — Why One Was Stopped, and the Other Was Missed What pre-attack behaviour reveals about the Southport and Coleman cases — and the ...
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If the FBI Director’s Personal Email Can Be Hacked, Nobody Is Untouchable
This morning, it emerged that Kash Patel — Director of the FBI — had his personal Gmail account breached by an Iranian-linked hacking group called Handala. Private photos, personal emails ...
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He shot a President. The warning signs were there for months.
What a Threat Assessment Actually Is: A Guide for Family Office Advisers ???? On the 30th of March 1981, John Hinckley Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton ...
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???? You Already Trust Someone You Shouldn’t. The Question Is — Who?
???? What the Mandelson-Epstein scandal reveals about the fatal flaw in how we vet the people closest to us ⚠️ There is a moment in every high-stakes decision when the ...
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???? When Attention Becomes a Liability: A Three-Part Guide for Prominent Individuals
In my experience, there’s a pattern. Someone builds wealth, influence, or public standing. Life gets busier, more visible, more connected. And then, often without warning, that visibility turns into vulnerability. ...
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???? The Insider Threat: When the Risk Is Already Inside the Family Office
Family offices run on trust. Small teams. Long service. Close proximity to wealth and private lives. That trust is essential — but when it isn’t supported by structure, it becomes ...
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???? The Gaps Between Your Defences: Where Threats Actually Strike
The attack that concerns me most isn’t the one that breaches your strongest defences. It’s the one that slips through the space between them. ⚠️ A family I worked with ...
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???? The Gunpowder Plot: What Four Centuries of Threat Assessment Looks Like
Every November, we light bonfires ???? and set off fireworks ???? to celebrate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot…a terrorist attack! Guy Fawkes, 36 barrels of gunpowder, Parliament saved at ...
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When Words Become Warning Signs: Reading the Real Threats in Your Inbox
⚠️ The Surprising Truth About Threats Here’s something that might surprise many: when someone sends you a direct threat, they will probably not act on it. That sounds counterintuitive, especially ...
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⚠️ Why Wealthy Families Ignore the One Thing That Could Save Them
When the First Lady of the United States publicly calls for behavioural threat assessment after a school shooting, you’d think family offices might pay attention. Melania Trump’s recent statement wasn’t ...
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Underestimating Threat Levels: The Hidden Risk You Can’t Afford to Ignore
When I was handed that scrap of paper in Parliament—six lines about a planned attack on an MP—the threat wasn’t just what was written. One of the biggest dangers I ...
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