>> b) Brainstorming -- Recent studies suggesting that it's ineffective are intruiging, The passing reference in the OP didn't really put the original "Brainsto

>> b) Brainstorming -- Recent studies suggesting that it's ineffective are intruiging, The passing reference in the OP didn't really put the original "Brainstorming Doesn't Really Work" article (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=1 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_...) in context. Brainstorming, as in the "let's put all the ideas out there without critiquing/debating them", was disproved in the late 50s. In the article, a study found that adding the debating or critiquing back to the process improved creativity. You would also think that introverts would feel even more stifled in such a situation, wouldn't you?