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 ...

Running a business is a master class in problem-solving. In my nearly 30-year career, I’ve learned that there are two core elements of every problem: the emotional and the material. It’s key to ...

We spend the greater part of our childhood and much of our early adulthood in the classroom. But the skills we learn there don’t often apply to our work life. Being good at solving algebra word ...

Problem solving is one of today’s top skills—students who apply problem-solving strategies in the classroom are building important talents for college and the workforce. The math classroom is one of ...

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 ...

For more than 20 years — and after working with more than 10,000 participants who attended my Kaizen workshops — I’ve refined a simple yet powerful tool that makes problem-solving useful for everyone.