We have a motto on the NASA Psyche mission team: The best news is bad news brought early. Below, Lindy Elkins-Tanton shares ...

Critical-thinking skills can help employees solve problems, collaborate more effectively and make better business decisions.

Nobody should be so short-sighted or so old-fashioned as to write off the power of being able to fill knowledge gaps on demand. Yet this phenomenon is often attributed to a growing critical thinking ...

Problem-solving teams in educational settings harness the collective expertise and diverse perspectives of learners, educators and sometimes external mentors to address complex challenges. These teams ...

Sven, a sales leader, received a call from a major customer who was furious. Their order arrived late, the product was damaged, and to top it off, their invoice didn’t reflect the volume discount ...

Wells Fargo advisor Jeff Germain sees himself and his team as problem solvers. When clients call, Germain and his team spring into action. They work overtime to soothe frayed nerves and fix what is ...

You can learn a lot about a leader by the way they respond when someone brings them a problem. Do they immediately jump in with a solution? Or do they pause, ask a question and guide the team toward ...

I cut my teeth getting grounded in principles of design thinking when I launched a strategic design MBA during my university ...

Leaders often fall into the ‘fixer trap,’ solving problems instead of developing their teams. This piece shows how stepping back builds independent thinkers, strengthens trust and scales leadership ...

A problem shared is a problem halved. Is there any truth to this old expression? According to a Stanford study, the answer is a resounding yes: participants tasked with achieving a goal as a team ...

Looking at the executive teams we work with as consultants and those we teach in the classroom, increased diversity of gender, ethnicity, and age is apparent. Over recent decades the rightful endeavor ...

Supply-chain leadership is still about problem-solving with the best tools available. Like lean, AI and machine learning are problem-solving tools. AI can be particularly helpful in modeling design ...