(THE CONVERSATION) We live in a world burdened by large-scale problems that refuse to go away: the refugee crisis; terrorism; rising sea levels; frequent floods, droughts and wildfires; not to mention ...

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 ...

As members of our communities becoming increasingly stressed and distracted, and our most at-risk and vulnerable cut off and lost, their focus becomes less on the daily details of safety and taking ...

Have you been asked at work or school to create a problem statement and include a proposed solution, but you don’t know where to start? Continue reading for everything you need to know about problem ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Years ago, I began using a technique in my business that I learned from my friend Dr. Mark McKergow, co-author of The Solutions Focus. It ...

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 ...

If you avoid problems, you’re not working in a creative mindset. If you seek solutions, you’re not working in a creative mindset. This problem-solution paradox is another contradiction I’ve discovered ...

Mathematicians have long pondered the reach of a grazing goat tied to a fence, only finding approximate answers until now. Here’s a simple-sounding problem: Imagine a circular fence that encloses one ...