Creative Problem Solving Model

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Alex Osborn established the Creative Education Foundation and, with Sidney Parnes, developed the Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem Solving methodology. Its structured use of divergent and convergent thinking influenced later approaches to ideation and innovation.

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