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I wonder if the early successes of "brainstorming" come from having someone at the front of the room saying, "No, really guys, ALL ideas are welcome" and allowi
by asdfman123 6y ago
I wonder if the early successes of "brainstorming" come from having someone at the front of the room saying, "No, really guys, ALL ideas are welcome" and allowing the quieter types to speak up.
The special sauce was asserting a commitment to psychological safety.
However, now brainstorming has become a corporate cliché, and actually allowing new ideas is scary, so we all understand when people ask for "brainstorming" they mean just bring up every mediocre idea you can think of that's not too offensive.
- dafoex 6y agoI have somewhat a hypothesis that brainstorming had early successes due to the perceived democracy of it - i.e. everyone gets a chance to say how we do the thing - but started to become a poorly managed chore when the big extroverts and the office hierarchies got dragged into to meeting room, so everyone just sort of lets the loudest voice in the room dictate the project while the bosses pat themselves on the back for letting everyone have a say (if they can get a word in edgeways past loud Larry).