Dan Arthur, the president and chief engineer of ALL Consulting, stands beside a defunct oil well in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Oklahoma on March 20, 2024. The well has not been used for years — ...

Problem-finding involves recognizing and defining issues that may not be immediately apparent; therefore, they are hidden — sometimes knowingly, but most of the time unknowingly. It’s not uncommon for ...

Cybersecurity expert Robert Hannigan’s new book—Counter-Intelligence: What the Secret World Can Teach Us About Problem-Solving and Creativity—draws from the rich history of codebreaking at Bletchley ...

Business leaders should adopt concepts like problem finding, rather than problem solving, to help teams be more creative. In some business situations, the need for creativity is obvious: research and ...

A knee-high pipe sticking out of the ground not far from a school. A gurgle in a pond on rolling farmland. A patch of forest undergrowth hiding a long-forgotten, leaking oil well. Relics like these ...

There could be about a million 'orphan' oil and gas wells across the U.S. As they age, they can leak greenhouse gases or unhealthy chemicals. Defunct oil wells are a national problem. Finding them is ...