Many companies operate under the assumption that creativity is something they have to consistently search for and make additional hires accordingly. They believe building an innovative business ...

Q: I’m facing new problems next year and the processes I’m using are getting me zero results. My company has a certain way of ...

Two ideas I heard from TPM Readers today: The first is from TPM Reader BT, who recommends that big cities hold military occupation referendums. Needless to say these would not constrain President ...

Innovation has become one of the most overused words in business, but that doesn’t make it any less essential. For entrepreneurs, it’s not just about developing the next big app or launching a ...

Let me first introduce myself and this blog, which is titled Total Brain Workout. I am a professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, and one of my main areas of cultural research is ...

The hackneyed expression "thinking outside the box" derives from the nine-dot puzzle in which you are supposed to connect all the dots by drawing a continuous set of no more than four straight lines.

Maya and Eli were having fun this week playing in a delivery box we had unpacked. As I watched them, I thought about the importance of “thinking outside of the box” when we get stuck. It’s so easy and ...