Einstein is quoted as having said, “If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.” The point he makes is important: ...

We can often judge corporate leadership by how they respond to a business’ problems. On the poor end of the spectrum, there is denial and secrecy. We’ve all seen the news stories of leaders who cover ...

For humans, 'narrative' (stories and morals) is an essential framework for understanding the world. However, in the initial stages of problem solving, narrative becomes dangerous noise that easily ...

There are many people in the world who revere formulas.Laws of success, work techniques, and problem-solving frameworks.They learn methods derived by someone else and try to apply them to their own ...

Coaching problem solving is the greatest leverage point you have to drive effective problem solving. If you want to coach problem solving, then you need to build coaches. Far too few lean ...

A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in collaboration with CY Cergy Paris University (CYU) and University of Burgundy (uB), have analyzed drawings made by children and adults when solving ...

You’ve solved this problem before. Maybe twice. Maybe ten times. You’ve shifted resources, changed the reporting structure, brought in a coach, even launched a ...

We’ve all experienced that magic moment when, after countless frustrating hours of experimentation and racking your brain, the object of our attention starts working. The 3D printer finally produces ...

Solving arithmetic problems, even simple subtractions, involves mental representations whose influence remains to be clarified. Visualizing these representations would enable us to better understand ...