They tested group IQ on the brainstorming tasks!<p>So they took wastly (40% worse) suboptimal method of groupwork [1], which emphasizes only communication abilities and then they try to infer general claims from that.<p>Of course they will find that &quot;emotional senitivity&quot; makes &quot;teams&quot; that work in such conditions better.<p>And of course they won&#x27;t find &quot;common patterns for successful teams&quot; in their meetings because, basically, meetings are not where decisions are made.<p>What a clueless research.<p>[1]  <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;observer.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;05&#x2F;brainstorming-does-not-work&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;observer.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;05&#x2F;brainstorming-does-not-work&#x2F;</a>