Brainstorming

I enjoy a good brainstorm.  But I find that the art of brainstorming is often underutilized.  Either people can't get the ideas going and sit there silently, or they talk in long, drawn-out sentences.  Brainstorming is about firing off ideas.  Quickly.  Without judgment.  Open to anything.  That's what brainstorming is.  Once you're finished with your brainstorming agenda item, or you're brainstorming meeting, well, then you can sit there looking bored or refute new ideas with extended commentary.  But that's not brainstorming.