Problem Solving

Beyond the Blog

The people who bring you the Portfolio Javelin also produce a monthly podcast, the Penguin Business Beat. This month, we interviewed professionals in the creative fields who shared their expertise on turning vision into reality and ideas into successful finished projects. Check it out to hear Portfolio’s president and publisher Adrian Zackheim, Behance CEO and [...]

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Explaining Bonuses on the Back of a Napkin

In the tradition of his excellent health care napkins, Unfolding the Napkin and The Back of the Napkin author Dan Roam explains yet another complicated topic with simple pictures. Check out his take on the Wall Street bonus system. I think I finally get it now… [Original post from bnet]

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Silly rabbit, problem solving is for kids (and everyone else).

According to author Ken Watanabe (writing on HuffPo today), kids should be able to solve problems just as well as McKinsey consultants: I saw the importance of problem solving first hand when I was working as a consultant for the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. For six years, I worked with major companies [...]

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Can a bestselling Japanese business book succeed in the US?

Next week, Portfolio is publishing Problem Solving 101, a book that (under a slightly different title) became the #1 business book of 2007 in Japan. Now, we’re publishing it in English for the first time. In this morning’s USA TODAY, business columnist Del Jones says “Should PROBLEM SOLVING 101 sell well in the USA, author [...]

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