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 ...

Part 5 in a series by Sue Dyer of OrgMetrics... How many times have you sat through meetings only to walk away wondering if your team could resolve any of the problems it faced? The ability of a team ...

The workplace is littered with problems that need to be solved on a daily basis, bet it a customer complaint, a quality issue, budget cuts, or communication issues and team dynamics. With all of these ...

Perhaps sparked by the now-forgotten recession, I’m seeing a new era of the entrepreneur, with startups springing up all around. Based on my own mentoring and investing experience, the best ...

As a kindergarten teacher, Julie Sugarman is well acquainted with being pulled in different directions all day. While she and her best friend and colleague, fellow kindergarten teacher Mary Ruppert, ...

Transitions and a new normal make us think about problem-solving, a phrase that has different meanings. Sudden adaptation. Brainstormed options. Or, as I inserted into a career exercise for clients, ...

As a problem-solving genius, everyone comes to you with the toughest questions and the unsolvable conundrums. You’re the one everyone wants on their team, because you can see seven steps ahead and ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As a growth advisor, I work with leaders looking to grow and scale their businesses. One of the biggest issues I found preventing ...

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 ...

Carly is struggling with her job—feeling micro-managed by her supervisor, getting assignments that she feels overwhelmed by and not capable of handling, working overtime every week for the last three ...

When students create a visual resource to scaffold problem-solving, they can approach independent work with more confidence and focused attention.

Kyle Reidenbaugh enjoys problem-solving. He likes the process of getting to any solution almost as much the solution itself. Seeing things fall into place, watching the murkiness surrounding a ...