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 ...

There may be a reason why the quippy phrase “that’s not in my job description” has endured for decades, according to a study in the upcoming June 2026 issue of the Journal of Vocational Behaviour: ...

Ambiguity is part of life. But what is ambiguity? It can be part of our work life, home life, and the world around us. It can arise from conflicting information, uncertainty, the lack of a process or ...

If ever the people on our planet faced uncertainty, now is that time. Only a few weeks ago, markets were at record highs. Optimism was rampant. You might have even found yourself humming “It’s a ...

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 ...

Creative ideas sometimes emerge because someone directly and explicitly asks us to come up with a new idea. It could be we're asked to help solve a pesky problem, or to generate suggestions for how to ...