I wrote a column in August that generated a lot of email. That column was about the three traits of a successful company, and what it takes to generate breakthrough growth. Many of the emails I ...

Very often, governments in the region leap to a solution before accurately defining what problem they are trying to solve. Albert Einstein once remarked that if he had an hour to solve a problem, he’d ...

Five steps to ensure that you don’t jump to solutions by Julia Binder and Michael D. Watkins When business leaders confront complex problems, there’s a powerful impulse to dive right into “solving” ...

Those were the words of the CEO of a rapidly growing venture-backed logistics company in explaining why she wasn’t spending more time on the large, critical, strategic issues that desperately needed ...

Research shows that companies devote too little effort to examining problems before trying to solve them. By jumping immediately into problem-solving, teams limit their ability to design innovative ...