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 ...

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 ...