by gravoc | May 30, 2018 | Lens on Leading: Notes from Antony
Twitter. It can infuriate or inform. Occasionally you read something that makes you stop in your tracks. There’s an acuity to the moment, yet you stare at the words and try to make sense. A few weeks ago I was scrolling through Twitter and saw that someone had...
by gravoc | Apr 13, 2018 | Lens on Leading: Notes from Antony
Andrea and the girls and I went to the UK a few weeks ago. You might think we wanted to see our families and friends, and I won’t deny that was a nice corollary experience, but as a British citizen living in the US, I felt it was my obligation to undertake an...
by gravoc | Mar 30, 2018 | Lens on Leading: Notes from Antony
On this evening as I gather my thoughts, I look in two directions with utter astonishment. First, my daughter Ellie has been upstairs crashing after her first overnight school event. How can this be? Of course she’s been away from us overnight before, but this was the...
by gravoc | Mar 15, 2018 | Lens on Leading: Notes from Antony
“I won’t believe everything they say about home if you won’t believe everything they say about school.” One of my daughter’s previous teachers said this, and I thought it was quite wise. That was a bargain I was willing to sign on to. Education is a partnership....
by gravoc | Mar 1, 2018 | Lens on Leading: Notes from Antony
“Watchful waiting” is a familiar concept in health care. You know someone has a test result that is off or symptoms that might or might not indicate a condition, so you watch and wait for the time when it might be right to try a medical intervention of some...
by gravoc | Feb 14, 2018 | Lens on Leading: Notes from Antony
Before we moved to Boston, Ellie and Ava heard there might be “snow days.” Actual days off of school because of too much snow! They were very much in favor of this idea. A few weeks ago, they got their wish, when so much of the eastern part of the country saw crazy...
