For many years, the idea that “sleeping on it” would provide an individual with some time in which their subconscious mind ...

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 ...

Trigonometry and calculus often trouble board exam students due to heavy formulas and poor conceptual clarity. This article explains how concept mapping helps students visually connect ideas, improve ...

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 ...

I happened across a research article the other day that reported a surprising, counterintuitive finding that got me thinking about a number of things—ADHD, its possible relationship to creativity, and ...

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 ...

How can teachers help students develop problem-solving skills when they themselves, even though confronted with an array of problems every day, may need to become better problem solvers? Our ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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, ...