Kate Macarthur

The percentage of Americans earning more than their parents did at the same age has plunged over the past 50 years, especially in Illinois and other Midwestern states. For Chicago-area...

One of the keys to better creative ideas is first knowing what problem your client needs to solve, says Terry Guen, principal, president and founder of Terry Guen Design Associates...

Scientists are constantly challenged to think creatively while they find new questions and explore unknown answers. Anne Grauer, professor and chairwoman of the department of anthropology at Loyola University Chicago,...

If you want to be more creative, you have to embrace the unknown, says Moisés Noreña, director of strategic innovation at Allstate Northbrook. Not only has he built a process...

Ride sharing and driverless cars inevitably will change the Chicago region the way that railroads and highways have, says Marshall Brown, associate professor of architecture at the Illinois Institute of...

Humor and sarcasm are proven to boost creativity. But better creativity with or without the laughs starts with material people can relate to, says Hassan S. Ali, creative marketing director...

There's a better way than a brainstorm to get creative thinking out of your team, says Leigh Thompson, professor at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She teaches teamwork...

Most people think of math as anything but creative. But Eugenia Cheng, scientist-in-residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, is trying to change that. Cheng, a mathematician,...

What would it take to make every Chicago neighborhood and suburb better for walking? It's one of the big questions the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is mulling as it...

Giving an advertising art director carte blanche has a similar effect to giving one a blank sheet of paper: It actually can daunt creatives, says Britt Nolan, chief creative officer...