China has experienced unprecedented economic growth, yet there is little doubt that China will soon be faced with decades of serious health problems. In China, however, the air quality in some areas, e.g. in Beijing, is so bad that some families do not let their children outdoors for as much as half of the entire year. … Continue Reading
Dragonfly Thinking is a book authored by Bruce Oberhardt intended to help you develop superior problem solving skills.
Problem: Uber and Luxe Valet are Only Interim Businesses
There are entrepreneurs who will devote their time and energy and investors who will invest their money in interim businesses that will diminish or disappear in the foreseeable future. Two examples are Uber and Luxe Valet. Investors and company founders are naturally hoping to obtain a substantial return before the rug begins to be pulled out from under the company.… Continue Reading
Does Sleep Really Help in Solving Complicated Problems
In the article it was noted that: “By assisting the brain in flagging unrelated ideas and memories and forging connections among them, sleep has been found to improve our abilities to come up with creative solutions to problems. One neurologist at Harvard Medical School even found that if an incubation period—a time in which a person leaves an idea for a while—includes sleep, people are 33% more likely to infer connections among distantly related ideas.”… Continue Reading
Problem With AI-Little Incentive to Cater to Those Doing The Job
Unfortunately, the companies that incorporate automation and artificial intelligence into their businesses are trying to lower labor costs and improve productivity. There is little incentive to cater to humans who previously performed the work that intelligent machines will soon be doing.… Continue Reading
What is Problem Solving
So problem solving is all about: selecting the appropriate problem; questioning aspects of the problem; developing a better understanding of the problem; generating ideas; coming up with possible solutions; and determining the best solution.… Continue Reading