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The Lungs of the World are in Brazil

The Lungs of the World are in Brazil

“IT’S OUR COUNTRY”

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Environment

As the clock runs out on the world’s opportunity to mitigate the climate crisis, the new president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, is poised to continue the destruction of the “lungs of the world,” the Amazon Rain Forest. He thinks the environmentalists in his own...
The Climate Crisis is the Biggest Issue for 2020

The Climate Crisis is the Biggest Issue for 2020

HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

It’s All Climate-Related We just returned from Washington, DC, where we spent the better part of a week. It was hot! Not just hot, but all-time record hot at night! Just when you thought it would finally cool down, nighttime broke all the records for heat. It is...
Helping Out Your Fellow Humans

Helping Out Your Fellow Humans

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

PARTICIPATION = SATISFACTION In 1996 Jerry Maguire, an aspiring sports agent, repeated a four word request to his first and only client: “Help me help you!” And you know where that got him. The feedback gave him the direction he needed to become the one of the...
Avoid Corporate Survival Strategies and Keep the Ball Rolling – In Your Direction

Avoid Corporate Survival Strategies and Keep the Ball Rolling – In Your Direction

GETTING REMEDIAL

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Has this ever happened to you? After a series of meetings with the big organization, suddenly there’s a new person in the room, they monopolize the meeting, and set the progress back to square one.  “I’m not convinced we should do this!” they say and then spend the...
Bricks and Mortar is Dead. Not So Fast!

Bricks and Mortar is Dead. Not So Fast!

SHOPPING FOR FUN!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Younger Generation That Shops at Bricks and Mortar Stores If you were born between 1997 and 2012 you are referred to as “Gen Z.” Makes you wonder what’s next since “Z” is the last letter of the alphabet. But that aside, this new generation prefers to shop in old...
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