What do governments, businesses and individuals have in common? They’ve all invested time and money in forecasting how long a project will take to complete. Despite the forecasting, every one of them ...

Below are past conversations I've had with students. They are typical of discussions I have every time an assignment is due. Student One: Professor Akil, I forgot to print my references and I can’t ...

Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...

How often do you find yourself racing at the last minute to finish a task? If you’ve ever missed a deadline the planning fallacy may well be the culprit. Most people are more conscious about time and ...

Strategic planning is difficult and its track record is notoriously bad. According to estimates, only 10-30 percent of all strategic plans get implemented as intended. One key reason is that people ...

Clear and rational thinking is essential for effective decision-making and communication in the work place. However, logical fallacies—errors in reasoning that undermine the logic of an argument—are ...