1.   He reads and digests material on a vast range of topics and picks the brains of most of the leading authorities.

2.   The conference was a great place to meet other managers and pick their brains about issues I was also facing.

3.   The workshop is designed so that new managers can pick the brains of managers with more experience.

4.   You know all about tax law - can I pick your brains for a minute?

5.   I need to pick your brains.

6.   Why should a successful company allow another firm to pick its brains?

7.   And he has not been bashful about picking the brains of several of his distinguished predecessors.

8.   And no one is picking the brains of Jackson Hole this time around.

9.   Baker invited him to stop by the clubhouse so that a certain precocious left-hander could pick the brain of perhaps the most dominant lefty in baseball history.