When a coworker or friend suggests doing something that can step on the toes of your plan, it's easy to turn the situation into a power struggle. To ease tensions, try approaching the conversation in ...

Complex organizational problems and chaos are silent killers of productivity and innovation. In today’s fractured work environment, they are more prevalent than ever. Political transitions, ...

After more than 24 years of coaching, I've noticed that teams and organizations still use traditional problem-solving techniques despite these being either obsolete or ineffective. For example, ...

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” ...

Welcome to Our Family is Creative! Collaborative Problem Solving. This collection offers activities to help family members of all ages build and share skills related to problem solving together.

Stephen M. Fiore has received funding from federal agencies such as NASA, ONR, DARPA, and the NSF to study collaborative problem solving and teamwork. He is past president of the Interdisciplinary ...