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 ...

Perhaps sparked by the now-forgotten recession, I’m seeing a new era of the entrepreneur, with startups springing up all around. Based on my own mentoring and investing experience, the best ...

David Conley found himself on a team of experts who were attempting to design satellite superstructures, a challenge not specifically covered while earning his college degree in nuclear engineering.

Part 5 in a series by Sue Dyer of OrgMetrics... How many times have you sat through meetings only to walk away wondering if your team could resolve any of the problems it faced? The ability of a team ...

If you’re anything like me, or virtually any other entrepreneur, then you like to be in control. That doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re a control freak–although it might–but rather that you’d ...

The more I research the problems that bedevil U.S. manufacturers and try to find and share the stories of companies that are solving them, the more I appreciate lean management principles. More ...

It's easy to link Elon Musk's rapid success, ability to solve unsolvable problems, and genius-level creativity to his incredible work ethic. But during a one-on-one interview with TED curator Chris ...

Bill Gates, billionaire and the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), shared his approach to solving problems, including those related to his philanthropic projects. Gates revealed his ...

As the world becomes increasingly digital and more chaotic, many business problems are becoming more complex, fluid and charged — making them harder to solve. They’re what Horst Rittel and Melvin ...