Albert Einstein once said, “If I were given one hour to save the planet, I would spend 59 minutes defining the problem and one minute resolving it.” While that may sound extreme, it does highlight the ...

When you work in a consulting role, there’s an urge to dive into solutions the moment you’re presented with a problem. After all, that’s what you’re there for, right? Clients come to you with ...

Defining scientific terms for political reasons is bad for both sides of the debate. Sam Berger and Jonathan Moreno explain why altering scientific definitions for political ends is bad for both sides ...

If you don't know what you are trying to solve, you hardly stand a chance at solving it. And good design for user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) is about solving the most pertinent problems ...

The first step in solving any problem is defining the problem correctly. It's here, at step one, where we're already failing in how we're thinking about our nation's fiscal crisis. Despite the fact ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Businesses often follow a define-plan-execute method of problem solving: spend time up front rigorously defining a problem, develop a ...

A few months ago, a tweet made me laugh out loud: “The first rule of philosophy club is hard to define.” It may seem pedantic, but getting definitions right is actually a big deal. That’s especially ...