Rumors of Brainstorming's Death

There has been a lot of discussion on the boards lately regarding the "death of brainstorming". The latest round was launched by Forbes Magazine's David Burkus in an article entitled; Brainstorming Is Dead; Long Live Brainstorming. That sent me back to my copy of Adams' Conceptual Blockbusting where there are a couple of very useful illustrations on pages 139 and 140;

These apply not only to brainstorming, but any type of interaction between individuals or groups trying to understand and solve a problem.  For now I'll just post them here, but I will come back.