A problem statement is a powerful tool that helps businesses ask the right questions. Used properly, it can lead to efficient solutions and make problem-solving feel like a breeze. Done poorly, it can ...

Resolving conflicts in the workplace is imperative to a healthy workplace culture. Leaving conflicts unsolved builds resentment among team members and creates a toxic environment that can be ...

The ongoing turmoil at Old Trafford shows how a toxic work environment can quietly destroy performance from the inside out ...

Let me ask you something: Have you ever been absolutely stuck on a problem at work? I mean, the kind of stuck where you keep trying the same thing over and over, just hoping for a different result? It ...

Reducing the workload on caregivers and staff needs to be the priority, says one health system leader. CEOs across the healthcare industry are losing sleep thinking of ways to alleviate workforce ...

The debates about remote work, hybrid work and in-office work are (still) raging—and they mostly center around productivity, performance and employee motivation. A quintessential new example of the ...

School improvement plans. Walk-throughs. Academic plans. Formal observations. Faculty meetings. Too often, the required actions leaders must accomplish from year to year become acts of compliance ...

Generative artificial intelligence tools can enhance people’s efficiency but that can come with a cost, reduced effort in critical thinking a study finds.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 2003, a German graduate student named Britta Späth encountered the McKay conjecture, one of the biggest open problems in the ...

Stand-up comedy has a crowd work problem, and I don’t see it letting up any time soon. Crowd work used to be one of many tools of the trade but has gradually become the main attraction. At its heart, ...