A problem doesn't last a lifetime. But how you deal with it can make it linger for years without resolution. In my studies about the topic, I've identified that, in addition to everything that ...

How would you describe your company’s problem-solving culture? I have asked any number of managers that question; as often as not, it’s received with a blank stare. Most managers haven’t thought about ...

The concept of a business strategy, analytics, search for solutions, the search output. Labyrinth of colorful wooden blocks. People in the maze, finding a way out. The man in the maze. This past month ...

Strategic problem solving is a critical business skill, for both management and front-line workers. For management, a large portion of strategic problem solving involves predicting problems that ...

If there are nine people in a room and every person shakes hands exactly once with each of the other people, how many handshakes will there be? How can you prove your answer is correct using a model ...

IN A WORLD deeply in need of problem-solving, a team of sixth-graders at the Academy for Discovery at Lakewood is getting a good start on the answers. This lottery-based, specialty school is open to ...

Looking for some math problem-solving activities for middle school? Good, you’re at the right page then. Right before children enter Middle School (around the age of 11 or 12), they enter a critical ...

“Every now and then the elaborate elite consensus is wrong,” writes Tim Harford in “How populism became popular” (Spectrum, Life & Arts, November 15). Goodness! I almost spilt my coffee reading this, ...