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THE NEXT STEP IN BUSINESS AUDIO? ASK THE CROWD!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Contributed Article

STORY AS COMMUNICATION, FROM CAVEMAN TO WALKMAN When humans listen to a story something amazing happens. each individual in a crowd reaches into their own personal memories to create and complete the scenes in which the action takes place. In other words, they source...

5 Ways to Make the New Year HAPPY !

PRACTICE, SMILE, REPEAT

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

For the next few weeks, you’ll hear a lot of folks wishing you a Happy New Year! And you, like us, will no doubt wish them the same. Everyone wants something better for themselves and others, and hopes that a fresh start is possible in the coming year. So, this is the...

Is a Knowledge-Hungry Crowd Finally Ready for Wisdom?

IT’S NOT HOW? IT’S WHY?

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Is your email flooded with marketers pandering to your thirst for quick knowledge to “solve” the immediate problem at hand. Is your news feed is packed with ads promising six digits in six months, and all from your phone! “Just follow this process,” they say, “and you...

Prepare for the Unexpected!

THIS IS A HARD HAT AREA

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

“How do you handle the unknown?” This is the #1 question we hear from students. They come from over 50 schools of entrepreneurship in the US and elsewhere who have heard us speak about what it is like to start a business and become a successful entrepreneur. Many of...

Is Discovery Becoming a Lost Art?

“I HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS”

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

We met a student who said he couldn’t see the purpose in discovering solutions for himself with all the information technology he had at his fingertips. If the answer was there, why waste the time to go through the discovery process? In these days of Googling and You...