Brainstorming is frequently one of the first steps of a group project. We gather in a conference room and someone writes ideas on a white board and through collaboration we come up with a great idea, which we then execute.
And the better the collaboration the better the end project, right? Well maybe not. Researchers conducted an experiment where teams were brought together for 30-minute brainstorming sessions, with a project to be completed at the end.
Some teams were provided with chairs and others were not. The researchers found that the “standers” had much better collaboration, Research Digest reports:
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