{"id":4497,"date":"2018-01-12T20:53:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T20:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classicaldifference.com\/?p=4497"},"modified":"2021-10-07T22:16:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T22:16:54","slug":"4497-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicaldifference.com\/4497-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Future Engineers Desperately Need a Liberal Arts Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"firstletter\">T<\/span>here is a lot of fear today that children are not getting enough science and technology training, especially in a K-12 classical Christian school.<\/p>\n<p>The race for technical skill training is in many ways undercutting the type of education that is really needed to be a success in the scientific and engineering industries. As the demand for more K-12 STEM education continues culturally, it is time to ask: is this really the best way to prepare tomorrow\u2019s scientists, computer programmers and engineers?\u00a0My guest today is a founder and president of a top engineering firm and he has some words of encouragement to those raising the next generation in a high tech world. What does this leader in a high tech industry really want in an employee?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/366275279&amp;color=%23ff9900&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_217\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/basecamplive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/86647a8d-e8dc-4f43-86e4-b292565d59f3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217\" class=\"wp-image-217 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/basecamplive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/86647a8d-e8dc-4f43-86e4-b292565d59f3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"engineer\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Cutbirth<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>David Cutbirth<\/strong>,\u00a0P.E., LEED AP, is the founder and President of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcengineering.net\/\">DC Engineering<\/a> in Boise, ID. Since DC Engineering\u2019s inception, he has helped define\/refine and implement the vision of contributing the success of their clients. He has led the company from a sole proprietorship to a corporation of nearly 170 personnel with offices in 7 states.<\/p>\n<p>DC Engineering has grown to now provide consulting engineering in the disciplines of mechanical, electrical, structural, refrigeration, controls, and chemical while helping both identify and solve business solutions in creative ways. In addition, he helps provide leadership and guide technology solutions from an IT perspective through NearLo Technologies.<\/p>\n<p>David is actively involved in defining sustainable design practices that take into consideration the political, ecological, social, technological, and individual\u2019s perspective that are also cost-conscious. His leadership experience in multiple organizations\u2013seeking first to understand and then be understood by utilization of heart, head, and hands\u2013has helped him lead strategic planning efforts from start-ups to growing companies with offices in multiple geographic areas and cultures.<\/p>\n<p>He has a passion for life-long learning and passing on experiences to others in order to help not just identify short term solutions, but long term success of clients (both internal and external) to an organization.<\/p>\n<div>In order to be equipped for the digitial world, are children in K-12 classical christian schools receiving enough science and technology training?\u00a0\u00a0As STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) programs grow in popularity, and the world is increasingly getting more complex, wouldn\u2019t it make sense to send your child to a school where the main focus is the sciences rather than the Liberal Arts?\u00a0\u00a0Surprisingly, NO!\u00a0\u00a0Our special guest today explains why this dichotomy exists between the sciences and liberal arts, but how the liberal arts is the most critical one for building the worldview and \u201cfoundational tools\u201d needed for future engineers to best serve their customers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>Show Notes<\/h3>\n<div>David Cutbirth is founder and president of DC Engineering in Boise with over 170 personnel in over seven states.\u00a0\u00a0He has held \u201cleadership in multiple organizations, seeking first to understand and then to be understood by utilization of the heart, the head and the hands to lead strategic planning.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0He is well-equipped to address what is most needed as we educate future engineers today for tomorrow\u2019s job market.\u00a0\u00a0He notes that there are multiple elements that engineers need to be especially equipped to address: support of the surrounding community and values, multiple stakeholders, operational components, maintenance and reliability of cost.\u00a0\u00a0In other words, engineers don\u2019t just sit behind a desk designing things.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What are engineering companies like Cutbirth\u2019s wanting and looking for when hiring?\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWhile engineering is a scientific or mathematical process&#8230; the exciting thing that we\u2019re seeing is that people graduated from classical schools and other places&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0realize that bridging that gap provides you additional opportunities not just in the design but in the defining aspect of the role of engineers.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0One of the main qualifications is someone willing to learn rather than a person who can only do one thing or think about something in only one way.\u00a0\u00a0Today\u2019s engineers need to be critical thinkers, not one trick ponies, and a liberal arts education goes farthest in shaping minds, hearts and understanding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So where does STEM fit in? He points out the popular misconception that STEM is foundational but it is not foundational.\u00a0\u00a0Science, technology, engineering and math are elements or tools used by engineers, but the root that is foundational consists of your worldview that comes from a well-rounded education.\u00a0\u00a0According to Cutbirth, an engineer turns ideas into reality using scientific principles, mathematical concepts and other elements that allow them to communicate in a language to build things or construct things. But BEFORE you can build something, you must define what you are doing. As Cutbirth explains, \u201cHave you defined the foundational basis of what you\u2019re worldview is&#8230;the foundational truths that will allow us to communicate and build and create and do things and turn our world into a reality.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0That worldview best comes from a broad liberal arts education.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Additionally, technological skills that were once specialized can now often be done with everyday internet tools.\u00a0\u00a0Students can be taught new specialized skills later but the foundational skills of discernment, storytelling, and logic application, to name a few, span the disciplines, are taught in the well-rounded liberal arts education and are noticeably lacking in the narrow scientific field.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Connect with today\u2019s Guest:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcengineering.net\/\">DC Engineering website<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Connect with Host: info@basecamp.com<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Additional Resources Mentioned in today\u2019s Podcast:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatnessby Stephen R. Covey<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Harvard Business Review <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2017\/07\/liberal-arts-in-the-data-age\">\u201cLiberal Arts in a Data Age\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Cents and Sensibility:\u00a0\u00a0What Economics Can Learn from the HumanitiesbyGary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro, Northwestern University professors of the humanities and economics, respectively.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World by Scott Hartley; points out the false dichotomy between the science and humanities<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a lot of fear today that children are not getting enough science and technology training, especially in a K-12 classical Christian school. The race for technical skill training is in many ways undercutting the type of education that is really needed to be a success in the scientific and engineering industries. 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