The obvious choice is often wrong. by Bart de Langhe, Stefano Puntoni and Richard Larrick From the Magazine (May–June 2017) The human brain likes simple straight lines. As a result, people tend to ...

A concept that I have related to my entire life was recently given a name by a teacher of mine. This is the both/and way of thinking. It is a more open-minded approach to viewing the world. The way we ...

As I continue my series of questions while my granddaughter becomes more and more immersed in the game, advancing with astonishing moves on the controller, she will say with gentle exasperation, ...

Linear thinking is about viewing the world from the perspective of a straight trajectory without bothering to appreciate the nuances. The problem with this approach is that people often miss the ...

With two kids and a husband who are ‘organizationally challenged’, I’ve written about organizational strategies before. Keeping organized reduces anxiety. If we try to keep everything in our head ...

‘Really Tony," my woman friend said the other Saturday after another evening of smoky den ‘dining’ complete with the loud lads and a CECAFA game of soccer on, "you really can’t keep hanging out in ...