| # | Title | Further Reading | LTYM # | Moral | Year | Created | Modified | Place | DocType | Ready? | Gender | Category | Questions | | |
| 26 | The Perfect Storm | | | 1) Back-up is only as good as the weakest link; 2) Insurance is something you buy before the disaster. | 1991 | 02/27/2006 | 01/25/2024 | Shark | Story | Yes | Male | Operations Mgmt,Crisis Mgmt | 1) What is the weakest link in your computer systems? Are there a | 1 | |
| 64 | The Knowledge is in the Doing | Kent Beck, Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, Addison-Wesley, 2000, especially chapter 3, "Economics of Software Development", where Beck argues for the value in increasing the options for business decisions; and by implication that the delay in specs is cheap | | 50% of what you need to know is in the doing | 2004 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Project Mgmt | 1) Why can some people visualize a solution and some can't? Is th | 2 | |
| 504 | Selling the Plumbing | | | A CIO must be chief translator and facile with a metaphor | 2018 | 03/24/2018 | 01/03/2023 | UMSI | Story | Yes | Male | Communication,Metaphor | 1. What examples have you heard used in technical presentations t | 3 | |
| 578 | Downsizing | See "Rallying the Team to Die," Letter #24 | 24 | A downsizing is more than a budget and staff cut | 2015 | 11/10/2022 | 01/18/2024 | IFRC | Story | Yes | Male | Budget Mgmt,Finance,Downsizing | 1. Have you or someone you know been through a downsizing before? | 4 | |
| 46 | Draw Another Picture | 1) Also see "Draw Picture", Letter #3 | 3 | A drawing is worth a thousand words | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 06/15/2023 | STC | Story | Yes | Female | Strategy | 1) Can you draw your IT strategy on a single page? Does this forc | 5 | |
| 377 | Metaphor | | | A good metaphor communicates the goal | 2010 | 07/31/2016 | 10/11/2016 | IFRC | Story | No | | Strategy,Metaphor | | 6 | |
| 573 | Throw in a steak | | | A jelled team is a carnivorous doer | 2000 | 10/18/2022 | 10/19/2022 | STC | Story | No | Male | Project Mgmt | | 7 | |
| 415 | A Jelled Team | | | A jelled team is your most valuable project asset | 2015 | 10/27/2016 | 10/19/2022 | NetHope | Story | No | Female | Project Mgmt | | 8 | |
| 606 | Leadership vs. Management | | | A leader's success depends on the team's success | 2023 | 11/22/2023 | 01/25/2024 | Advisor | Story | No | Male | Leadership | | 9 | |
| 290 | A tale of two choirs | | | A leader brings out the hidden talents | 2009 | 12/25/2009 | 11/21/2016 | St Francis | Story | Yes | Female | Leadership | 1) When have you experienced a good leader or teacher who brought | 10 | |
| 434 | The NYT Puzzle Streak | | | A long run can be disincentive to beat | 2016 | 11/20/2016 | 12/09/2018 | Lisbon | Story | No | Male | Measurement | | 11 | |
| 198 | Free Pizza for Life | | | A ludicrous response may be a brilliant marketing coup | 2000 | 01/27/2007 | 06/19/2011 | HPMD | Story | No | | Service | | 12 | |
| 175 | Hitting a tree in the desert | | | A mistake repeated is not a lesson learned | 2006 | 08/30/2006 | 06/19/2011 | STC | Story | No | | Change Mgmt,People Mgmt | | 13 | |
| 23 | Hire Somebody, Fire Somebody And Reorganize Somebody | | | A new manager has a license to change; use it quickly | 1991 | 01/03/2023 | 01/05/2023 | DBC | Story | Yes | Male | People Mgmt | 1) Was the Chevron president's approach excessive? Why or why not | 14 | |
| 364 | The Kobayashi Maru Test | | | A no-win situation is an opportunity to learn from failure | 2016 | 06/22/2016 | 06/22/2016 | UMSI | Story | No | | Leadership | | 15 | |
| 591 | The Truck II | | | A paradigm shift is looking at the problem in a new way, from a new frame of reference. | 1995 | 10/02/2023 | 01/25/2024 | Stamford | Story | No | Male | Change Mgmt,Paradigms | | 16 | |
| 401 | Where does it hurt? | | | A powerful image can communicate the enormity of the problem | 2015 | 10/08/2016 | 11/20/2016 | IFRC | Story | No | Female | Communication | | 17 | |
| 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 | 18 | |
| 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 | 19 | |
| 220 | Playing with toys | | | A sense of play is more adult than you think | 1984 | 09/24/2007 | 09/27/2022 | IDC | Story | Yes | Male | People Mgmt | 1) How would you create an outside-the-box interview experience? | 20 | |
| 259 | Stuck in Paris | | | A set-back is a little death | 2008 | 10/12/2009 | 06/19/2011 | Paris | Story | No | | Change Mgmt,Values | | 21 | |
| 234 | San Antonio | | | A simple story can communicate a rich strategic vision | 2007 | 01/17/2008 | 01/08/2023 | NetHope | Story | Yes | Male | Strategy,Vision,Stories | 1) What are the stories you hear told about your organization? 2) | 22 | |
| 302 | Colliders, Postcards and BHAGs | | | A singular, defining goal can be powerful | 2011 | 02/06/2011 | 11/20/2016 | IFRC | Story | No | | Goals,Conflict | | 23 | |
| 278 | The Scream | | | A smart decision from one perspective may be failure from another's. | 2009 | 10/07/2018 | 01/25/2024 | STC | Story | Yes | Male | Crisis Mgmt | 1) What are some of the basic costs in your organization? For exa | 24 | |
| 363 | Elasticity | | | A stretch goes further each time, but at some point breaks | 2016 | 06/04/2016 | 06/04/2016 | IFRC | Story | No | | Leadership | | 25 | |
| 314 | The Student and the Megaphone | | | A strong voice can give voice to the whispering | 2012 | 12/08/2012 | 11/21/2016 | IFRC | Story | Yes | Female | Leadership | 1) What if your organization were to give greater voice to the sm | 26 | |
| 341 | Accompaniment | | | Accompanying your client is a different mind-set then serving them | 2016 | 05/03/2016 | 05/03/2016 | IFRC | Story | No | | Service | | 27 | |
| 346 | Hometown newspaper | | | Act in a way that makes your parents proud | 1990 | 05/03/2016 | 05/03/2016 | DBC | Story | No | | Values | | 28 | |
| 534 | The Well | | | Addressing the root causes can lead to positive change | 2009 | 09/08/2022 | 01/03/2023 | STC | Story | No | Male | Culture | | 29 | |
| 467 | The Four S's | | | Advisory Boards Serve by supporting, being a sounding board, steering and selling | 2017 | 07/11/2017 | 02/06/2018 | OCHA | Story | No | Male | Leadership | | 30 | |