Cheryl Heller quotes

“The real work of social innovation is to fix our broken human systems.”
-- Cheryl Heller

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“Design is the best way to get from A to B when you don’t yet know what B is.”
-- Cheryl Heller

Source : "Cheryl Heller. That’s why". DSI Interview, dsi.sva.edu.

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“All life is profoundly dependent on communication.”
-- Cheryl Heller

Source : "Interview: What Is Design for Social Innovation?". Design for Social Innovation interview, unreasonable.is. January 13, 2015.

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“Do any of us know how we’re actually doing? Whether or not all the hard work and good intentions are paying off?”
-- Cheryl Heller

#Hard Work Quotes #Good Intentions Quotes #Intention Quotes

“Do any of us know how we’re actually doing? Whether or not all the hard work and good intentions are paying off?”
-- Cheryl Heller

#Hard Work Quotes #Good Intentions Quotes #Know How Quotes

“No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.”

Source : A. C. Green (1994). “Victory”, Creation House

“I'm one-hundred-fifty miles off Cape Horn, both autopilots are broken, and my boat is drifting toward one of the nastiest chunks of ocean on the face of the earth.”

Source : "Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas". Book by Abby Sunderland and Lynn Vincent, 2011.

“We live in bodies that are fearfully and wonderfully made, yet they are not immune to illness and pain. We have hearts that are capable of experiencing great love, but sometimes they get broken.”

“But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.”

“Achievement without fulfillment "High achievement without fulfillment is a broken way of life."”

“What drives innovation is abundance and ease, not the pressure of scarcity.”

Source : "The Fifth Blade" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. May 11, 2009.

“There are a lot of things not going well for Microsoft right now - Microsoft reorganization appears to be rearranging the chairs on the Titanic.”

“When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring. In short, we find the faith of leap.”

“It's time to admit that public education operates like a planned economy, a bureaucratic system in which everybody's role is spelled out in advance and there are few incentives for innovation and productivity. It's no surprise that our school system doesn't improve: It more resembles the communist economy than our own market economy.”

“To be young and aware is to know you’re being lied to; to know that a bright green future is possible; to know that we can reimagine the world, rebuild our cities, redesign our lives, retool our factories, distribute innovation and creativity and all live in a world that is not only better than the alternative, but much better than the world we have now.”