Coming to your boss with the solution to your problem already in hand will help you to better manage up. Matthieu Manzoni, a Bachelor of Arts student at McGill University contributed to this story. My ...

Have you ever seen a product or service and thought to yourself, “What in the world?!? Who would want that?!?” I have. Mostly those websites offering to take care of your pets after the apocalypse, or ...

Uncertainties over the many diverse problems of our times have been lasting for a prolonged period. It should be no surprise that, whatever our circumstances, our inner mental world is changing along ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...

The world is a pretty complicated place. Just think about all the moving parts it takes to get sliced bread delivered, regularly, to your local grocery store and then apply that to every facet of life ...

Let me begin by addressing your underlying question as to whether what you and I are proposing is part of the cure or the disease. The belief that the most promising way to tackle poverty requires ...

For many business people, writing poses a challenge, especially when a problem-solution letter is at hand. It might help to think of the task you face as inherently optimistic. Not only are you ...

Aleem Walji, a practice manager for innovation at the World Bank, says that underlying all the major problems of the world is a social problem that requires major innovation. Everything from climate ...