Brainstorming is shoved down our throats from middle school on (in the US, at least) and continues into the workplace. We've probably all sat through painful br

Brainstorming is shoved down our throats from middle school on (in the US, at least) and continues into the workplace. We've probably all sat through painful brainstorming sessions in the process of software development, and in some cases the supposed wisdom of the group is formalized in processes like scrum. So I found it somewhat surprising that this continues despite research indicating it might not be productive.