> (or worse, walking away with different ideas about what what decided)
Eh, this can also denote synergistic group think or collective creativity. Expect the unexpected, but within a clearly defined range of variability. I'm not talking specifically about software development btw; consider the surrealists or any other artistic or philosophical movement (or literature, music, mathematics etc). People have ideas together, walk away, and then have mental independence. Mental independence is good, because too much binding in thought = paranoia, nervous, control obsessed people. Too little and it seems like people don't care. It's a balance.
Eh, this can also denote synergistic group think or collective creativity. Expect the unexpected, but within a clearly defined range of variability. I'm not talking specifically about software development btw; consider the surrealists or any other artistic or philosophical movement (or literature, music, mathematics etc). People have ideas together, walk away, and then have mental independence. Mental independence is good, because too much binding in thought = paranoia, nervous, control obsessed people. Too little and it seems like people don't care. It's a balance.