Of all the advice available to us on wellbeing – what to eat, how to manage stress, how much exercise we need, what we should get from relationships, the idea that we can create our way to being well sounds too simple.
Cheryl HellerApril 30, 2014
If the world's biggest problems have any shot at all at being rectified, we need to shift from masters of consuming things to lovers of fixing things. The shift starts with you!
Cheryl HellerMarch 7, 2014
So you want to make a dent on the world's greatest problems, huh? The best way to start is articulating your thoughts. Read this post to learn why the key to doing this is picking up a pen and writing.
Cheryl HellerFebruary 11, 2014
Of all the forms that social innovation and social enterprise take around the world, we rarely think of art as one of them. But maybe we should.
Cheryl HellerJanuary 29, 2014
Have you ever heard the advice "pick one thing and stick to it"? Many entrepreneurs have a very hard time specializing in just one thing. Take comfort in these wise and inspiring words, because a world full of specialists is a sad and unforgiving place.
Cheryl HellerJanuary 23, 2014
For humans to be sustainable, we need a world filled with more people who are creative, visual, passionate, broadly curious, generalists, integrators, listeners, systems thinkers and doers, and people who know how to create lives filled with both success and purpose
Cheryl HellerDecember 5, 2013
If you’re serious about global social innovation, there's a new book that opens a window into how it happens, why it works, what "stuff" you need to succeed at it and what it feels like.
Cheryl HellerNovember 21, 2013
Extreme deliberation goes into most ventures, but not so when it comes to mentoring. How can we create more effective mentors?
Cheryl HellerOctober 14, 2013
The days of lone heroes and quick fixes are over, and never were what we hoped they would be. Our problems are too complex to fix quickly, and too big to fix alone. For everyone trying to change the world on a deadline, give it up.
Cheryl HellerSeptember 16, 2013
Because the metaphor of fiddling while Rome burns is inevitably a modern one.
Cheryl HellerAugust 21, 2013
We’ve been at this mentor-fellow thing long enough to have learned a thing or two. It’s time to talk about our relationship.
Cheryl HellerJuly 24, 2013
It’s important to recognize that some things are, well, just better on your own. Save yourself the time for group think. Most of the time, it does not lead to creativity.
Cheryl HellerJuly 1, 2013
Tired of spending trillions of dollars on poverty and getting nowhere? Here’s a chance to learn from one of the most resourceful business men around, who happens to be solving poverty along his way.
Cheryl HellerJune 5, 2013
It’s easy to hate advertising—most of it deserves the disdain it induces—but is based on some essential principles that can be incorporated in design for social innovation.
Cheryl HellerMarch 20, 2013
Of all the essential and admirable qualities in life and business, wisdom is the one that counts the most.
Cheryl HellerJanuary 9, 2013