{"id":30,"date":"2025-04-28T18:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T18:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiinstitute.hbs.edu\/lish\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2025-05-28T20:34:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T20:34:39","slug":"creativity-problem-solving","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiinstitute.hbs.edu\/lish\/research-tracks\/creativity-problem-solving\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity &amp; Problem-Solving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH) is conducting research and creating evidence-based approaches to problem-solving. 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