Creative teams, any good tricks to keeping a brainstorm on track when your new partner talks so much that it's almost painful? More specifically, they talk the most, but say the least?

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Suggest brainstorming on your own and bringing your best ideas to your next concepting session.

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Tell them, very politely, to shut the fuck up.

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Two words: post-it notes (or is that 3? You writers can correct me). Brainstorm as a group for 10 / post-it notes in silence for 10 / share and build for 20. And you can write new ideas on post-it notes at any time while someone else is talking...

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^This. I don't go to brainstorms for a reason. One that sounds a lot like the problem you're facing.

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