At school or in the office, mind wandering is often frowned upon. Students are told to "snap out of it," and employees are nudged back to focus on the task at hand. Yet new research suggests that with ...

Let me ask you something: Have you ever been absolutely stuck on a problem at work? I mean, the kind of stuck where you keep trying the same thing over and over, just hoping for a different result? It ...

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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, ...

AI is speeding up busywork and making us more productive, but it’s not solving the hardest problems at work—the human ones. AI is speeding up busywork and making us more productive, but it’s not ...

There’s no shortage of personality types in the workplace, and over my own career, I have encountered many different performers, colleagues, and leaders. At work, there are always problems to be ...

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Amateur mathematicians are using artificial intelligence chatbots to solve long-standing problems, in a move that has taken professionals by surprise. While the problems in question aren’t the most ...