Cheryl Heller: One Single Answer to All the World’s Problems

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Cheryl is the Board Chair of PopTech, Chair of the Design for Social Innovation MFA at SVA and as the CEO of Heller Communication Design who uses communication design to transform organizations into living systems for organizations such as Seventh Generation, L’Oreal, the Human Company, Kodak. Here is her answer to all the world.

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Cheryl HELLEROne Single Answer to all the World’s Problems

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One single answer to all the world’s

problems:

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Is it social innovation?

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Is it communication?

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Not the way we do it now.

Why don’t we hear each other?

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Like fly fishers, “we cast images in front of ourselves and then slowly reel ourselves into them, turning them into reality.” William Irwin Thompson

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If you accept that communication is key to a viable future,

it follows that our past communication got us here today.

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Dude, what’s your name? Where’re you from?

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Republican. Russian. Woman. Biologist. Jew. Bi-coastal.Bi-sexual. Bi-lingual. Mac-user. Geek. Asshole. Mensa. Phi beta kappa. Rich. Beautiful. Old. Old school. Old World. Developed world. E-suite. K Street. Wall Street. VC. VD. GP. Internist. Psychologist. Criminologist. Jesus. Freak. Agnostic. Entrepreneur. Piker. Open source. Open wound. Open mic. Authentic. Liar. Collaborative. Empathetic. Liberal. Green. Fascistic. Environment. Human. Nature. Conservationist. NGO. Balanced. Fair. Truthful. Academic. Leftist. Egyptian. God. Hell. Leader. Follower. Hub. 2.0. Journalist. Natural. Safe. Organic. Artisanal. American. Humanity. Futurist. Terrorist. No Child Left Behind. Social Innovator. Systems thinker. World power. Ugly. Foundation. Corporate Social Responsibility. Criminal. Citizen. Capitalism. Democracy. Government. Manly. Good. Clean. Fun. Giving back. Taking back. Have your back. Micro. Poverty. Wealth. Happiness. Good grief.

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Human. Nature. Business. Society. Good. Green. Real.

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Disintegration.

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H “You must forgive me, my dear friend. I’m a lover of learning, and trees and open country won’t teach me anything, whereas men in the town do.”

Socrates

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Is it integration?

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Integration is feminine.

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Nature is the ultimate example of integration.

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Who will lead the way to using feminine energy and reconnecting

us to the living systems of nature?

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Brilliant.

Women are the answer.

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To women (and the feminine in all men):

Keep loving men.

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MFA Design for Social Innovationdsi.sva.edu

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Thank you.

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