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A Whole New Education. Dr. Roger Tomhave Fine Arts Coordinator Fairfax County Public Schools Roger.Tomhave@fcps.edu. ABUNDANCE. As houses have grown, family size has gotten smaller. . ABUNDANCE. When our houses won’t fit our stuff. . ABUNDANCE. We have more cars in the US
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A Whole New Education Dr. Roger Tomhave Fine Arts Coordinator Fairfax County Public Schools Roger.Tomhave@fcps.edu
ABUNDANCE As houses have grown, family size has gotten smaller.
ABUNDANCE When our houses won’t fit our stuff.
ABUNDANCE We have more cars in the US than we have licensed drivers.
ABUNDANCE The US spends more annually on trash bags than 90 other countries spend on everything.
Michael Graves Designs for Target
ASIA Outsourcing
AUTOMATION Two humans in losing battles against the machine
Left-brain Skills are Necessary but No Longer Sufficient • Can someone overseas do it cheaper? • Can a computer do it faster? • Am I meeting a need of the new age of abundance?
THE MFA IS THE NEW MBA
DESIGN Not simply function
DESIGN Fundamental Business Literacy
STORY Not just argument
STORY Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories. Roger C. Schank cognitive scientist
SYMPHONY Not focus or specialization. Not analysis alone, but synthesis.
EMPATHY Emotional Intelligence I will walk a mile In your shoes. I will walk a mile with you.
EMPATHY Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate and to connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives. Oprah Winfrey
PLAY Don’t take yourself so seriously
PLAY The opposite of play is not work. It is depression.
MEANING Not just accumulation
More Abundance Happiness Less Time
MEANING Do all you can with what you have, in the time you have, in the place you are.