Problem-Solving

New technologies can help solve critical global problems in energy, medicine, and urban planning.

Last year’s challenges underscore that humans work best if they work as a team for a common purpose.

A Q&A with AWS’s Michelle K. Lee on the challenges and advantages of adopting machine learning.

Effective leadership can make crises manageable instead of overwhelming.

Three reasons your words of wisdom probably aren’t worth very much.

Looking back on disruptive innovation theory and preparing for smarter crowdsourcing.

Solving complex problems with crowdsourcing means tailoring the crowd to the problem’s scope.

Alternating between always-on connectivity and heads-down focus is essential for problem-solving.

Do these three key activities to become a better strategic leader.

Here’s how to ensure your sales teams know their customers’ problems.

Viewing technology as a set of solutions misses opportunities to innovate in bigger, bolder ways.

Leaders in a digital world have to navigate more complexity than ever before.

Improving a company’s measurement of innovation requires a holistic view of its innovation process.

When you manage complex problems as if they’re complicated, you’re setting your company up to fail.

Closely observing how work is done in your business can yield many opportunities for improvements.

Articulating what problem you’re trying to solve is an important (and underrated) management skill.

AI’s value for managers lies in its ability to predict equipment failures and assess human emotions.

There are positive correlations between improvisation in product development and team performance.

Companies that are experienced in using analytics successfully offer five lessons for corporate leaders.

A recent book by Thomas H. Davenport and Jinho Kim advises companies on how to capture the power of big data.