LUCAS VASQUEZ: Hello everybody, I’m your host Lucas Vasquez from the Minnesota Daily, and welcome back to another episode of In The Know, a podcast dedicated to the University of Minnesota. Recently, ...

For too long, design has been too focused on how things look. That makes sense when products are competing for attention. Form becomes a way to stand out, a signal of taste, a shortcut to desire. But ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about 21st century leadership, Agile, innovation & narrative. “Psychological safety” was once an obscure term in ...

Most organizations think they have a productivity problem. They don’t. They have a work design problem. I’ve spent decades studying how people solve problems and take action, and the same pattern ...

When a startup struggles, founders usually assume the solution is obvious: more marketing, more hiring, or more capital. But in my experience advising founders, the real issue is usually something ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The most popular New Year's resolution misses the point. Real resilience comes from groups, ...

In coaching others, I often discuss problem-solving strategies to help individuals think creatively and consider many options when they are faced with challenging situations. Problem solving 1-2 ...

In 2025, my team within the Soldier Evaluation Directorate won the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC)’s AI Challenge with a tool that could draft the first version of an ATEC Evaluation Plan ...

When most people think about problem-solving, they instinctively start small. The logic seems simple: smaller problems should be easier to tackle, while bigger ones require more effort, resources, and ...

Every weekday, I drive southbound on Interstate 405 and watch the same pattern play out. Traffic slows to a crawl, and the toll-lane sign ahead jumps to $10, $12, sometimes $15. Most drivers hesitate ...