People say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I prefer the expression "it takes more effort to teach an old dog new tricks." Any time you want to learn something new it takes your brain a great ...

Imagine Jo: Everyone in Jo's life recognizes her as an outstanding problem solver. She's the type of person who seems capable of almost anything. Jo excels at intuitive problem-solving. Over her life, ...

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Entrepreneurs who build successful businesses often possess a unique ability to see what others don't—the critical bottlenecks hiding in plain sight that create frustration, inefficiency, and lost ...

Invisible work includes all the things employees do like answering email, attending meetings, and solving problems that are not necessarily in job descriptions or measured in any way. These things ...

When a crowd gets something right, like guessing how many beans are in a jar, forecasting an election, or solving a difficult scientific problem, it's tempting to credit the sharpest individual in the ...

Wikipedia has recently come under the microscope. I take some credit for this, as the co-founder of Wikipedia and a vocal critic of the knowledge platform for a long time. In September, I nailed ...