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 ...

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 ...

Nearly all great ideas follow a similar creative process and this articles explains how this process works. Understanding this is important because creative thinking is one of the most useful skills ...

In an ideal world, problems would melt away. But this side of the rainbow, we’re left to solve them on our own. Fortunately, problem-solving skills are not difficult to attain once we know how to ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The ability to solve complex problems effectively has become a defining factor for success.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp is known for his outspokenness. But it's the simplest of questions that might be behind the company's ...

“I don’t have enough time.” “I have too many meetings.” “My experience tells me this project is doomed.” Sound familiar? You may have heard this common refrain, or some variation, at work. And it’s ...

Creating a start-up, or managing any business, is all about problem solving. Some people are good at it and some are not—independent of their IQs or academic credentials (there may even be an inverse ...