As we cram more stuff into our lives, houses have necessarily grown larger and individuals have necessarily grown smaller, and of less importance. Newsletter – BartsBooks
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Hallow’s Eve
From Ghoulies, Ghosties, Long-leggedity beasties,
And all those phantom fears lurking ‘neath our beds in the dark of night,
Good Lords deliver us.
Happy All Hallows Eve from all the BartsBooks crew
Dale Caldwell – Takes Helm of Centenary University
His hand on my shoulder, Dale stated enthusiastically, “We can change the world from here.” Every once in a rare while the exact right leader finds a perfect fit with the exact right team. And I was fortunate to witness this on October 21st when the idealistic, energetically inventive Dr. Dale Caldwell donned the President’s robes and was invested with the leadership of the refreshingly progressive faculty and students of the 156-year-old Centenary University based in Hackettstown, New Jersey.
Currently, Dale serves as founding head of the Dale Caldwell Foundation, and the Entrepreneur Zones movement which battles poverty in distressed communities by developing new businesses. Previously, Dale served as head of Farleigh Dickinson University’s Rothman Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, working to promote family businesses and the Prometheus Social Enterprise Awards. For President Caldwell, Centenary offers an ideal platform. An impressive number of the 1,200 undergraduate students take active part in ENACTUS, an national organization that guides collegiates into entrepreneurial enterprises as a catalyst for progress. Prior to the inaugural ceremony, Dale and several undergraduates celebrated his donating supplies to a local food pantry and books to a nearby correctional facility.
In his address, Dr. Caldwell noted that “Within our institutions of higher education we possess ample and necessary brainpower and energy to solve all the problems facing our society.” It seems only fitting that the Centenary mascot is the cyclone. Keep your eyes on this whirlwind center of innovative learning… where “changing the world” becomes a practical mission.
Speaking of Honor…
You should have seen our CEO appealing to the board of directors’ sense of honor. It was like watching a violinist trying to saw down a tree: he had the right motion, he just was using the wrong tool.
Afterthought. Alas, greed and fear of greedy shareholders can all too often blanket board members’ vision of pursuing the honorable course. Thus the wise CEO is one who can lead her team along a profitable path to the most ethical decisions.
Quip – Too Much of a Good Thing
Fifty years ago Boomers were instructed that their future lay in putting plastics into everything. Now Gen Z is instructed that their future depends on getting those plastics outside of themselves.
Afterthought. “I want to say one word to you – just one: Plastics. The future lies in plastics.” In the 1967 film The Graduate, veteran businessman Mr. McGuire’s career advice to young Benjamin Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman) was understood as a sign for generational change. And so it is today.
