The return home from Harvard Macy
Do not suffer from wet-dog syndrome!
Returning home after such an intense course as the Harvard Macy Educator's course, the initial instinct is to 'spread the love!' One of the final thoughts offered at the course was to avoid being a 'wet dog.' This sage advice was captured in a brief story: you are taking your dog to the park and he jumps in the pond. Soaking wet, he returns close to those he loves and proceeds to shake his moisture off on his family. The instinct by his loved ones is to 'step back'. This analogy captures the instinct to 'share all you learned' with your colleagues with the risk of them stepping back. I learned a great deal from the course but now am trying to figure out how to apply incremental change without coming across as a 'wet dog.'