Or bad dog?

James and I were upstairs in the office.

• Raindrop came up.
• A STRONG peppermint smell followed her.
• What did she do?

Raindrop got creative this afternoon.

• Decided to help freshen up the house.
• Cracked open a bottle of peppermint oil.
• And dumped it on my favorite chair in the family room.

At least that’s her story.

• I use the oil to scare mice out of the house.
• Left some on a table last night.
• Raindrop obviously found it.

She transferred her skills to something new.

• Raindrop knows how to take lids off Gatorade bottles.
• It’s a game.
• We put treats inside - she gets them out.

Only problem…

• Glass is more fragile than plastic.
• Raindrop applied a little pressure to get the twist going.
• The dram-sized bottle broke.

Is Raindrop a bad dog - or brilliant innovator?

• The house reeks of peppermint.
• She feels bad.
• I’m torn - she didn’t mean to hurt anything.

The difference between brilliance and bad dog seems to be a hair apart.

Makes me think of chapter leaders…how do you react when members try something new that doesn’t turn out quite right?

Originally posted @ Cynthia D'Amour on Leadership and Life