The above figure, called the Boring Figure, is the most famous of the “ambiguous illusions,” which can be seen as two different figures, depending on how one looks at them. We’ll tell you how ...

Ambiguity is a complex problem in the workplace. In a few scenarios, ambiguity can play a positive role but in many instances, the lack of clarity and direction is stifling and it hinders production ...

As Heather McLeod and Leslie Crutchfield observed in describing the difficulty of creating high-impact nonprofits, social innovators often face obstacles that have nothing to do with their own ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ann Kowal Smith explores workplace culture and collaboration. I help teams work better together and over the last several years, I ...

This is the last in a series of four articles on what strategy should look like in a world that is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA). In the previous three articles I outlined the ...

"Did you see that?" It is a simple phrase we hear every day, but how do we know what "that" refers to? A new study from Kyushu University, published in PLOS One, reveals that children and adults use ...

In this new COVID-19 reality we’re living, grief has become a daily experience. But for most, it isn’t the grieving of the death of a loved one, but a global, pervasive sense of loss that is tied to ...

Death can be a harsh shock, as someone is ripped from us and is no longer present in our lives. It has a finality to it - that's part of the shock and much of the pain. But it is real and concrete.