NOA Confluence Dinner: The Shade Under the Carob Tree
The Journey Continues in New York
Last month, we had an intimate dinner in a place that was once Alfred Hitchcock's costume design house. Over two hours, the conversation turned to something none of us talk about in public: what "know your place" actually means within a family business. The balance between family duty and personal relationships.
And this month, we meet friends on the East Coast.
There's a rhythm to generations. A time to plant. A time to steward. A time to expand. The question is how to hold two things at once: honoring what was built, and building something that is genuinely yours.
That tension doesn't resolve. It's carried. And to carry it well, moving with grace and resilience, requires knowing what you actually value. Values reveal themselves in sacrifice, not ambition.
The carob tree takes decades to bear fruit. You will not eat from it.
The most important things people build work the same way. This is an evening for people who already know that.
Intimate room. A private residence. No agenda beyond the conversation and the company to remember.
Choose on merits · Build with conviction · Live with passion