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Do brainstorms actually work?

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The Simple Sabotage Field Manual

Brainstorming, fancy offices, and telling people to think creatively won't work. An example of this ineffectiveness is the OSS's simple sabotage field manual during World War II. The manual taught people to sabotage the enemy's war effort without being detected, using tactics based on inducing faulty decisions and a non-cooperative attitude.

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