Brainstorming, despite the popularity of the term, is one of the most challenging collaborative activities to carry out. While most people think they know how to brainstorm, very few really understand how to consistently make a session work. Ken Thompson and Robin Good share some of the secrets gleaned from "The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm"

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Swarmteams (www.swarmteams.com), the Bioteams-based multi-channel group messaging system, is now ready to raise its first external investment. The Swarmteams executive team are looking for strategic investment partners (individuals and enterprises) who can add real value to the mission of turning crowds into communities.

According to research carried out by accountancy group UHY Hacker Young: Myths exposed as execs ditch gadgets (11th January, 2006) the image of executives managing their lives through handheld electronics gadgets is hugely exaggerated. Apparently only one in seven use a PDA and three quarters admit they are under-exploiting the internet in their businesses.

No but some of it is of dubious quality

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales created a stir when he admitted online that the entries for Bill Gates and Jane Fonda were “a horrific embarrassment” and “nearly unreadable crap”.