Year | # | Title | # | Moral | Year | Created | Modified | Place | DocType | Ready? | Gender | Category | Questions | |
| 59 | Change the Box | | Change the box; don't take "black box" processes as a given | 2003 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Male | Process Mgmt | 1) What process steps will you change in your current or next pro | |
| 58 | Don't Bet Against the Network | | Don't bet against the network | 2003 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Male | Strategy | 1) Are Internet connections changing fast enough to wait? How do | |
| 291 | The Big Rocks | | To be strategic, you need to put the big rocks in first | 2010 | 07/04/2011 | 09/27/2022 | NetHope | Story | Yes | Female | Strategy | 1) What are the Big Rocks in your department? in your organizatio | |
| 368 | Retiring | | It's never over till it's over | 2016 | 07/23/2016 | 02/08/2024 | IFRC | Story | Yes | Male | Goals,Values | 1) How do you view your work? Is it just a job, or is there more? | |
| 10 | The Conservation of Typing | | Don't forget that computing is about taking work out of the system! | 1982 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | IDC | Story | Yes | Male | Project Mgmt | 1) How can you take work out of your latest project? 2) What piec | |
| 62 | Giving Back is Strategic | | Philanthropy is more than citizenship or retention; it's strategic development | 2004 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Strategy | 1) How are you helping to create meaning for your team? 2) What d | |
| 134 | Fail Fast | | Fail your way to success | 1995 | 05/05/2006 | 11/22/2023 | HPMD | Story | Yes | Male | Strategy,Innovation | 1) What does it mean to have a portfolio of experiments? 2) How c | |
| 247 | The Bump Into Factor | | Put the new in the middle of the path | 2002 | 06/02/2008 | 10/27/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Communication | 1) What is the one thing you want everyone on your team to know? | |
| 20 | The End of Coding | | Feature freeze, or the point at which all required features has been added to the system, is the mid-point of the development cycle, not the end-point | 1987 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | DBC | Story | Yes | Female | Project Mgmt | 1) What are the steps required to launch new software in your org | |
| 40 | The Dinner Invitation | | A project is a partnership is a relationship | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | St. Francis | Story | Yes | Female | Project Mgmt | 1) What would indicate customer delight for your customers? 2) Ha | |
| 388 | The Young Navigator | | Translate into your audiences' frames of reference | 1962 | 09/23/2016 | 10/27/2023 | West Babylon | Story | Yes | Female | Communication | 1) has this new situation happened before? 2) Is this like someth | |
| 288 | The Frog and the Train | | If you don't move, you get hit by the train | 2009 | 12/21/2009 | 11/21/2016 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Change Mgmt,Strategy | 1) What would you do: Call a train a train? Look before you leap? | |
| 143 | Bowling and Curtains | | With a good scoreboard, you don't need feedback from a manager | 1983 | 05/08/2006 | 03/29/2024 | IDC | Story | Yes | Female | People Mgmt,Measurement | 1) How close is the game of bowling to doing projects or other wo | |
| 3 | Draw a Picture | | When it comes to strategy, a picture is worth a thousand words | 1969 | 11/20/2016 | 02/13/2023 | Smithtown | Story | Yes | Male | Strategy | 1) Can you draw a one-page picture to represent your company's or | |
| 426 | Boi Cavalo | | Push the edge and watch your customers react | 2016 | 11/03/2016 | 11/20/2023 | Sabbatical | Story | Yes | Female | Strategy,Innovation | 1) What are the risks of testing new things on your customers? Wh | |
| 296 | The Truck | | Our #1 goal as nonprofit IT people is to move our missions forward | 2008 | 07/04/2011 | 10/27/2023 | NetHope | Story | Yes | Female | Vision | 1) Can you state how each of your projects contributes to the mis | |
| 85 | House Calls For Kids Shoes | | Exceptional service becomes legendary, it gets retold and retold and retold. | 1986 | 02/27/2006 | 10/27/2023 | DBC | Story | Yes | Female | Service | 1) Are there any businesses or services for which you are a custo | |
| 51 | That Was a Good Meeting | | Without specific action items, the meeting was a waste of time. | 2001 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Process Mgmt | 1) What was the worst meeting you ever attended? Why? 2) What was | |
| 101 | 1,008 Rejections | | Persistence pays | 1998 | 03/09/2006 | 06/04/2024 | HPMD | Story | Yes | Female | Change Mgmt,People Mgmt,Quality,Persistence | 1. How do you feel after a failure? What do you do about it? 2. D | |
| 342 | Morning Star | | Know where your true north is and you will never be lost | 2016 | 05/03/2016 | 10/27/2023 | IFRC | Story | Yes | Female | Values | 1) Have you sometimes lost your way and were worried which way to | |
| 48 | The Secret to Success | | The secret to success is getting started. | 2000 | 11/20/2016 | 11/21/2016 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Strategy | 1) How would you describe your company's or department's strategy | |
| 5 | Assemble the Components | | Assembly is easier and faster than creating from scratch | 1978 | 02/27/2006 | 10/19/2023 | FBC | Story | Yes | Male | Project Mgmt | 1) How can you break large problems into smaller parts? 2) In wha | |
| 0.5 | Introduction | | | 2006 | 06/19/2011 | 01/03/2023 | | Story | Yes | Reader | Preface | | |
| 8 | Time, Process and People | | The tighter the time frame the less concern for process and people | 1981 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | IDC | Story | Yes | Female | Leadership | 1) Can you point to examples where tight deadlines lost the team? | |
| 14 | The Wine Bet | | An audacious goal is powerful | 1985 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | IDC | Story | Yes | Male | People Mgmt | 1) When are the times your team rose to the challenge of an audac | |
| 28 | Tell Me Three Things | | A problem is a learning experience | 1992 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | Shark | Story | Yes | Female | People Mgmt | 1) What is the attitude in your team when problems occur? 2) What | |
| 55 | Legacy Systems: Fish or Cut Bait | | Legacy systems mean falling behind | 2002 | 02/27/2006 | 02/08/2024 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Strategy | 1) Which of your organization's systems are holding you back? 2) | |
| 21 | The Catered Lunch | | Team selected awards can be simple, inexpensive and powerful | 1989 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | DBC | Story | Yes | Female | People Mgmt | 1) Would your organization allow such an award? Would you ask, or | |
| 27 | No Problem Identification Without Recommendation | | No problem identification without recommendation | 1992 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | Shark | Story | Yes | Female | People Mgmt | 1) What complain mode script have you heard regularly? 2) How wou | |
| 155 | Clipboards | | Watching people use the technology is worth a thousand spec's | 1995 | 06/17/2006 | 11/20/2016 | HPMD | Story | Yes | Female | Project Mgmt,Service,Design | 1) What users have you asked to observe doing their jobs? 2) How | |