If there are nine people in a room and every person shakes hands exactly once with each of the other people, how many handshakes will there be? How can you prove your answer is correct using a model ...

Rob De La Espriella is the creator of BlueDragon, a problem-solving system used by the US national laboratories and nuclear facilities. United States businesses are silently hemorrhaging trillions of ...

Leaders face more complex decisions than ever before. For example, many must deliver new and better services for their communities while meeting sustainability and equity goals. At the same time, many ...

In today’s competitive job market, employers are actively seeking individuals who possess strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills. These two abilities go hand in hand, and together, they ...

Padraic Monaghan receives funding from ESRC, RES-000-22-4049. Have you ever struggled to finish a level of Candy Crush or complete a Sudoku puzzle in the evening but breezed through it the following ...

Richard Rusczyk, founder of Art of Problem Solving, has a vision for bringing “joyous, beautiful math” — and problem-solving — to classrooms everywhere. When Richard Rusczyk became interested in math ...