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Edward Burger, president of Southwestern University, discusses his new new book, Making Up Your Own Mind: Thinking Effectively through Creative Puzzle-Solving. In the audio above, he tells Houston ...

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Corey Phelps, a strategy professor at McGill University, says great problem solvers are hard to find. Even seasoned professionals at the highest levels of organizations regularly... Corey Phelps, a ...