This paper examines the impact of peer-reviewed brainstorming on the quality of brainstorming ideas. Peer-reviewed brainstorming aims to improve the quality of the brainstorming ideas and reduce the number of noisy comments. A pilot study was conducted that compared traditional, free brainstorming to a peer-reviewed brainstorming process, which requires each idea to be reviewed and edited by pe...

Group brainstorming is a very popular technique for the creation of ideas, although the state of the art in psychological research backs from this kind of brainstorming. Electronic brainstorming overcomes some of the drawbacks and regains some value. Unfortunately, the electronic brainstorming still is in infantile state and lacks some modern techniques which may make the whole approach more ef...

Electronic brainstorming (EBS) has been a focus of academic research since the 1980s. The results suggest that in most--but not all--cases, groups using EBS produce more ideas than groups using verbal brainstorming. In contrast, the results comparing groups using EBS to groups using nominal group brainstorming have been mixed: sometimes EBS groups produce more ideas, while in other cases, nomin...

Contingency models proposed for group support systems suggest that task, technology, group and individual characteristics may explain observed effects. Task, technology and group characteristics have been studied to some extent. Characteristics of individual participants have received less attention. In this article, the results of an experimental study on the equality of reticence in groups on...

Generating and identifying promising ideas represent important challenges for any Enterprise that is focused on knowledge-intensive activities. The generation of new ideas, especially high-quality creative ideas, is vital to business success. Brainstorming is a didactic method that can be exploited to sustain the development of high order skills considered fundamental to foster innovation. On t...

This “Perspectives” is the first “panel of a triptych,” in which I attempt to examine and cast a shadow on 3 activities commonly occurring in neuroradiology, radiology, and medicine in general. This one deals with group thinking, the second will examine the way we teach and learn radiology, and the last, how we do research. Some years ago, I used to ask my division members to sit down and have ...

background: positive attitude leads to a more successfully implementation of a change. we investigated the effect of attitudes of stakeholders toward a program on their prioritization of the program components for selecting the key question of a theory-driven evaluation with concept mapping method. materials and methods: during a brainstorming session, stated statements defined the program comp...

Brainstorming and discussions with users about their situated needs is difficult with nomadic users as the situation and location setting in the discussion is often lost in traditional workshops in meeting rooms. In many fields, conducting them in situ is difficult for both ethical and practical reasons, such as in a hospital. To mitigate this, a combination of methods is often necessary to ens...