Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with
experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.
Leonardo da Vinci
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.
Leonardo da Vinci
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will
long to return.
Leonardo da Vinci
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he
may cast.
Leonardo da Vinci
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I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
Leonardo da Vinci
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.
Leonardo da Vinci
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out
and happened to things.
Leonardo da Vinci
Learning never exhausts the mind.
Leonardo da Vinci
Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it.
Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
Leonardo da Vinci
Education, Strategies and Tools
for building a 21st Century Workforce
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.
Leonardo da Vinci
TM
Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with
experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.
Leonardo da Vinci
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.
Leonardo da Vinci
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will
long to return.
Leonardo da Vinci
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he
may cast.
Leonardo da Vinci
TM
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
Leonardo da Vinci
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.
Leonardo da Vinci
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out
and happened to things.
Leonardo da Vinci
Learning never exhausts the mind.
Leonardo da Vinci
DaVinci Minds creates products and
innovative, system-oriented solutions
that address education and the need
for a 21st Century
TM workforce.
Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it.
Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
Leonardo da Vinci
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.
Leonardo da Vinci
What is a DaVinci Mind?
Curious
Analytical
Hands-on
Integrative
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IN THIS PRESENTATION
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Challenges
DaVinci Minds Strategies
DaVinci Minds Services
DaVinci Minds Past & Current Projects
DaVinci Minds Staff & Associates
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CHALLENGES
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A Modern Workforce
System Alignment
Diversity and Gaps
Rigor and Relevance
Student Engagement
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1. A Modern Workforce
Can we create a workforce that is:
• Innovative?
• Multi-disciplinary?
• Globally competitive?
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1. A Modern Workforce
“This is a story about … whether an entire
generation of kids will fail to make the grade in
the global economy because they can't think
their way through abstract problems, work in
teams, (and) distinguish good information from
bad …”
Time Magazine, December 2006
Quoting the New Commission on the Skills of
the American Workforce
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Tough Choices or Tough Times, www.skillscommission.org
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2. System Alignment
How do we achieve alignment:
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•
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In articulation?
With industry needs?
Of innovation in a region?
Between stakeholders of all types?
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2. System Alignment
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2. System Alignment
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INDUSTRY SAYS
I’ve been telling
you guys we
need teamwork
skills!
21st Century
Jobs
HIGHER ED SAYS
I’m not sure
we’re so well
aligned!
SECONDARY SCHOOLS SAY
Is this what you
needed?
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3. Diversity and Gaps
Are we:
“There are STEM programs
•everywhere
Closing achievement
gaps?
you turn over a rock, but
•they
Ready
for
changing
demographics?
are much less often connected
to regional workforce needs.”
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
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Diversity and Gaps
“There are STEM programs
everywhere you turn over a rock, but
they are much less often connected
to regional workforce needs.”
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
TM
3. Diversity and Gaps
“There are STEM programs
everywhere you turn over a rock, but
they are much less often connected
to regional workforce needs.”
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
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4. Rigor and relevance
Can we:
• Improve rigor, and
• Be relevant to students, and
• Be relevant to regional needs?
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Rigor and relevance
HIGH SCHOOL
• Relevant
students
Too much for
math,
or
• Relevant
regions
the wrongtomath?
• As/more rigorous than before
EMPLOYMENT
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Rigor and relevance – Regional pathways
Needs of the
region matter
here!
K-5
6-8
Work
Special / Innovative
Programs
2/4 Year
College
9-12
2/4 Year
College
Work
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Needs of the
region matter
here
4. Rigor and relevance -- Example
• “Analytical Integrated Math” aka
“STEMatics”
• Fourth year math course
• Consistent with 2-year degree
• Consistent with 4-year degree
• Capstone – Develop a robot
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5. Student Engagement
Can we get middle school and early
“There
are STEM
programs
high
school
students
to care about
everywhere
you turn over a rock, but
STEM
and careers?
they are much less often connected
to regional workforce needs.”
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
TM
5. Student Engagement
“23% of students said they are
“There areinSTEM
interested
math programs
and science-based
everywhere you turn over a rock, but
careers.”
they are much less often connected
SpaceTEAMS
(San Antonio)
Robotics Camp,
pre-camp survey
to regional
workforce
needs.”
Increased to 37% following the camp
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
TM
5. Student Engagement
“There are STEM programs
everywhere you turn over a rock, but
they are much less often connected
to regional workforce needs.”
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
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STRATEGIES
System Focus
Regional Relevance
Educational Reform
Measurement Focus
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System Focus
Who are the stakeholders?
“There
are STEM programs
What
is important
to them?
everywhere
turn
rock, but
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do they you
relate
to over
each aother?
theywill
are we
much
less often
connected
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motivate
ongoing
tosupport?
regional workforce needs.”
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
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Regional Relevance
What is already here?
“There
are STEM programs
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is growing?
everywhere
you turn goals?
over a rock, but
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are established
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areplaces
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connected
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inject
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regionalconcerns?
workforce needs.”
How
do we show relevance to parents
Alan Miller
Executive
Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
and students?
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Educational Reform
What exists already?
“There
are STEM
programs
Can
we start
by changing
the context
everywhere
you turnrather
over athan
rock, but
of current content,
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less often
making
something
new?connected
to regional
workforce (and
needs.”
What
will complement
really
work) in the current system?
Alan Miller
Executive Director,
Greater
Austin Area Workforce
Board
Should
we go
inside-out
or outside-in?
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Measurement Focus
What are the goals?
“There are STEM programs
What
prior
research
and
experience
everywhere you turn over a rock, but
applies?
they are much less often connected
What’s
the
right
thing
to
measure?
to regional workforce needs.”
How do we respond to results?
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
TM
SERVICES
Workforce Analysis
Pipeline Programs / Student Engagement
Curriculum Review and Development
Fundraising
Marketing and Branding
Efficacy / Validation
TM
Workforce Analysis
• Purpose: Sharply define the challenges faced by
a corporation or region.
are STEM
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How It Works:
In the programs
context of the regional
everywhere
youand
turn
over a rock,
but
educational system
demographic
data, analyze
the data,
all stakeholders,
and provide
they
are interview
much less
often connected
results and analysis.
to
regional
workforce
needs.”
• Performed by: Ph.D.-led staff and research
associates.
Miller
• Alan
Example:
Texas State Technical College jobs
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
forecast reports.
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The Workforce Ecosystem
Middle Schools
High Schools
After School
Programs
Two-Year Colleges
Four-Year Colleges
Magnet Schools
Academies
Summer
Programs
INDUSTRY
Graduate Programs
Cities
Policy
Counties
Articulation Agreements
States
Assessment Services
Workforce
Boards
TM
Economic
Developers
Pressures on the Workforce Ecosystem
“This is a story about the big public
conversation the nation is not
having about education … whether
an entire generation of kids will fail
to make the grade in the global
economy because they can't think
their way through abstract
problems, work in teams, (and)
distinguish good information from
bad …”
Time Magazine, December 2006
Quoting the New Commission on
the Skills of the American Workforce
“This is a story about the big public
conversation the nation is not having
about education … whether an entire
generation of kids will fail to make the
grade in the global economy because they
can't think their way through abstract
problems, work in teams, (and) distinguish
good information from bad …”
More Indian college
graduates than U.S.
high school graduates
Houston Community College
organizing to graduate 500 biotechnicians
Houston stands up Robotics
Education Support Center
Arlington organizing to recover
manufacturing base with state grants
Time Magazine, December 2006
San Antonio Greater Chamber
Survey indicates corporations
hire IT graduates from outside
San Antonio
Quoting the New Commission on the Skills of
More English speakers in the American Workforce
China than in the U.S.
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GLOBAL WARMING – WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION VERSION
Pipeline Programs / Engagement
• Purpose: Implement programs that move more
students or workers into your programs or jobs.
are STEM
programs
• “There
How It Works:
(1) A marketing
analysis leads to
everywhere
turnprogram;
over a (2)
rock,
but
branding and ayou
marketing
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feeder
programs
message
and refer
they
are
muchembed
less your
often
connected
participants.
to
regional
workforce
needs.”
• Performed by: DaVinci Minds staff and marketing
partners.
Miller
• Alan
Example:
State of Texas / Whyville Careers
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
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Curriculum Review & Development
• Purpose: In the context of broader goals,
supplement, replace or develop new curriculum
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are the
STEM
that furthers
goals.programs
turn
over aisrock,
but
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curriculum
reviewed;
new inquiry-based
content
is developed
that
they
are much less
often
connected
furthers goal.
to
regional
workforce
needs.”
• Performed by: DaVinci Minds staff and curriculum
development professionals.
Miller
• Alan
Example:
Analytical Integrated Math
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
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Fundraising
• Purpose: Raise funds for programs as defined by
program goals.
are STEM
• “There
How It Works:
Defineprograms
the need; locate potential
everywhere
turncriteria
overtoa the
rock,
but
sources; defineyou
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funder;
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around
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to create
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toapproach
regional
workforce
needs.”
that covers all the bases.
• Performed by: DaVinci Minds staff
Miller
• Alan
Example:
SpaceTEAMS / TIER
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
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Marketing and Branding
• Purpose: Create awareness among all
stakeholders of globalization, regional drivers, jobs,
“There
arethe
STEM
programs
wages, and
benefits
of your program.
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a rock,
but
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marketing
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key messages;
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oftenbranding
connected
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toonregional
workforce
needs.”
policymakers; parents; students.
• Performed by: DaVinci Minds staff and marketing
Alan Miller
partners.
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
• Example: Trinity University Annual Report
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Efficacy / Validation
• Purpose: Identify what to measure; measure
those things and identify potential responses.
are STEM
programs
• “There
How It Works:
Measurements
are identified by
everywhere
turn overpeer-reviewed
a rock, but
Ph.D. staff withyou
all stakeholders;
approach;
researchless
methodology
applied to gather
they
are much
often connected
and analyze data.
to
regional
workforce
needs.”
• Performed by: Ph.D. staff and research
associates.
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
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PAST AND CURRENT
PROJECTS
TSTC Jobs Forecasts
SpaceTEAMS / TIER
Whyville Careers
TM
TSTC Jobs Forecast
• Purpose: To identify emerging jobs for the State of
Texas, especially those that impact community
“There
colleges.are STEM programs
you Technical
turn over
a rock,
but
• everywhere
Client: Texas State
College
system
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and co-authoring
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much less
often
connected
job forecast reports
to
regional
workforce
needs.”
• Impact: Downloaded by hundreds of stakeholders
in Texas.
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
TM
“There are STEM programs
everywhere you turn over a rock, but
they are much less often connected
to regional workforce needs.”
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
TM
SpaceTEAMS / TIER
Definitions:
• SpaceTEAMS: A two-week robotics summer
camp for elementary and middle school students
featuring TEAMS: Technology, Engineering, Art,
Math and Science.
• TIER: Texas Institute for Educational Robotics,
formed to research educational robotics, define
models, and encourage widespread adoption of
robotics.
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SpaceTEAMS / TIER
• Purpose: Create a summer camp that engages
children, especially low SES children, in STEM.
are STEM
programs
• “There
Client: Northwest
Vista
College; Alamo
everywhere
you turn over a rock, but
Community Colleges
• they
Worked
Vision
and connected
founding; secure
arePerformed:
much less
often
funding; consult on Year 1 and 2 operations; define
toTIER
regional
workforce
needs.”
and secure funding; create connections to
regional career pathways (in progress).
Miller
• Alan
Impact:
200 students served to date; $700K
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
raised for program development.
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SpaceTEAMS 2006
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C Programming in SpaceTEAMS
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High School Teaches Middle School
Middle School Being Stretched!
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SpaceTEAMS / TIER Model and Sustainment
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Whyville Careers
• Purpose: Achieve statewide increase in STEM
engagement in middle school leading to biotech
“There
are STEM
programs
and advanced
manufacturing
career pathways.
you turnCommission
over a rock, but
• everywhere
Client: Texas Workforce
• they
Worked
Vision
and connected
design; building
arePerformed:
much less
often
virtual companies in Whyville; outreach.
to
regional
workforce
needs.”
• Impact: (In progress) Engaging 20,000 Texas 14
and 15 year olds in career simulation; referring
Alan Miller
1,000 to websites of educational opportunities in
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
their locale).
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Multiplayer virtual world for teens and tweens
100,000 unique users a month
Its own newspaper, economy, government
Educational games in math, science,
journalism, art, government and economics
© numedeon, inc. 2006
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A VIP Interview in Whyville
Each character on the screen is a student logged into Whyville
© numedeon, inc. 2006
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This Project:
“Whyville Biotech, Inc.” Virus Lab
Do you have WhyPox? First seen in
Whyville in 2003, WhyPox strikes yearly
and spreads through the population.
But the Texas Workforce Commission
has saved the day. With funding from
the Governor’s Industry Cluster
Initiative, Whyvillians will be learning
about immunology and finding a vaccine
for WhyPox, all the while earning clams
from Whyville Biotech.
© numedeon, inc. 2004
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This Project:
“Whyville Planeworks, Inc.”
People in manufacturing know that manufacturing jobs are
high wage and high tech. Whyvillians will know this after
running CAD simulators and managing supply chains in
Whyville Advanced Manufacturing. Besides, they will be
able to fly the airplanes they build off Whyville Island, or
open a flying business and add clams to their Whyville bank
account.
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OUTREACH
CAREER
SIMULATION
J
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Texas users are referred to the web sitesCareer
of educational
opportunities in the region they live in. We ENGAGE kids in
STEM education and we START THE PIPELINE by showing
them where to continue their education.
Pipelines
OUTREACH
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20,000 Engaged
1,000 Referred
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DaVinci Minds Staff
and Associates
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DaVinci Minds Staff & Associates
Cliff Zintgraff
M.S., Technology Commercialization, University of Texas at Austin; Co-Founder of
Information Technology and Security Academy; Concept Developer and fund raiser for
Whyville Careers and the Texas Institute for Educational Robotics.
Jim Brazell
B.S., Sociology, Summa Cum Laude, Bradley University
Strategist and national speaker on technology, workforce and society. Founder of
SpaceTEAMS robotics camp, co-author of technology forecasts at forecasting.tstc.edu.
Dr. Eliza Evans
Program Manager for Research, IC2 Institute, University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
16 years evaluation research experience; multiple studies of innovation systems and
human capital; development of curricula / interventions to attract students to STEM careers.
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Learning never
exhausts the mind.
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Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with
experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.
Leonardo da Vinci
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.
Leonardo da Vinci
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will
long to return.
Leonardo da Vinci
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he
may cast.
Leonardo da Vinci
TM
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
Leonardo da Vinci
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.
Leonardo da Vinci
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out
and happened to things.
Leonardo da Vinci
Learning never exhausts the mind.
Leonardo da Vinci
Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it.
Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
Leonardo da Vinci
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.
Leonardo da Vinci
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2. System Alignment
“QUOTE NOT APPROVED There are
STEM programs everywhere you turn
over a rock, but they are much less
often connected to regional
workforce needs.”
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
TM
6. Efficacy
Can we know what’s really needed?
“There
are STEM
programs
Can
we know
what’s
working?
everywhere you turn over a rock, but
they are much less often connected
to regional workforce needs.”
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
TM
6. Efficacy
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“There are STEM programs
everywhere you turn over a rock, but
they are much less often connected
to regional workforce needs.”
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
TM
7. Funding
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“There are STEM programs
everywhere you turn over a rock, but
they are much less often connected
to regional workforce needs.”
Alan Miller
Executive Director, Greater Austin Area Workforce Board
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Leonardo on Thinking and Doing
“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing
is not enough; we must do.”
“He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor
who boards ship without a rudder and compass and
never knows where he may cast.”
TM