  | # | Title | Further Reading | LTYM # | Moral | Year | Created | Modified | Place | DocType | Ready? | Gender | Category | Questions |  | |
| 999 | Mean Time to Story Failure | | | Your top stories are the memorable ones | 2004 | 12/26/2007 | 11/22/2016 | STC | Story | Yes | Reader | Conclusion,Humor | | 1 |  |
| 634 | Engagement Moments | | | Pay attentation to those moments that engage you | 2026 | 02/11/2026 | 02/11/2026 | Data4Good | Story | No | Female | Vision,Creativity,Motivation | | 2 |  |
| 633 | Giving Lift | "You can be anything you want to be," Story #4: | 4 | What we say to those in our organizations can sink or lift them. Choose lift. | 2025 | 06/13/2025 | 12/30/2025 | Advisor | Story | No | Male | Values | 1. What’s something someone said to you—positive or negative—that | 3 |  |
| 632 | Intertwingled | | | Pay attention to the threads. Seemingly random events may reveal deep connections. Everything is deeply intertwingled. | 2025 | 06/13/2025 | 10/14/2025 | Advisor | Story | Yes | Male | Strategy | 1. When has a casual exchange or unexpected message led to a deep | 4 |  |
| 631 | Don't Boil the Ocean | "The Big Umbrella," Story #162: Strategy is about narrowing the focus, not sheltering every good idea
"The Big Rocks," Story #291; If the most important things don’t go in first, they never fit
"Boil it Down." Story #511; Your job is to help the senior manager make a decision
"The Burning Platform," Story #366; "When urgency compels bold action — and focus | 162 | Solve the problem at hand | 2005 | 06/10/2025 | 10/14/2025 | NetHope | Story | Yes | Female | Communication,Project Mgmt,Leadership | 1. What part of your current project feels like you're trying to | 5 |  |
| 630 | Following the Field | See "Shadow IT," Story #446 | 446 | When the field worker gets IT right, follow their example | 2004 | 04/16/2025 | 04/16/2025 | STC | Story | No | Female | Communication,Leadership | | 6 |  |
| 629 | Running to the Future | | | What are you running for, the future or the past? | 2025 | 04/16/2025 | 12/30/2025 | Advisor | Story | No | Male | Strategy | | 7 |  |
| 628 | Ask Why Not | | | The flip side of asking why, is asking why not. | 2025 | 03/28/2025 | 12/30/2025 | Advisor | Story | No | Male | Values | | 8 |  |
| 627 | Confidence Ratings | | | The project team's confidence level is a leading indicator of project and product release timeliness. | 2009 | 02/04/2025 | 02/04/2025 | STC | Story | No | Male | Project Mgmt | | 9 |  |
| 626 | Rejections into Opportunities | See "1,008 Rejections," Story #101. | 101 | Reframe rejections as opportunities | 2024 | 06/04/2024 | 06/04/2024 | Advisor | Story | Yes | Male | Careers | | 10 |  |
| 625 | Why Learn This? | | | Some learning may not be meaningful, but it may be useful | 1968 | 06/03/2024 | 06/03/2024 | Smithtown | Story | No | Male | Education | | 11 |  |
| 624 | The 5C's | See "The Fisherman," Story #623 | 623 | If you're not succeeding, try changing your approach | 2022 | 05/02/2024 | 06/04/2024 | Advisor | Story | No | Female | Goals,Strategy | | 12 |  |
| 623 | The Fisherman | | | What's your fisherman story? | 2024 | 05/02/2024 | 05/02/2024 | Advisor | Story | No | Male | Goals | | 13 |  |
| 622 | The '57 Chevy | | | Old, spiffy systems need maintenance like classic cars | 2007 | 05/02/2024 | 05/02/2024 | STC | Story | No | Female | Budget Mgmt,Metaphor | | 14 |  |
| 621 | Robo-Cheese | | | Automation first reaches the mundane | 2010 | 05/01/2024 | 05/01/2024 | IFRC | Story | No | Male | AI | | 15 |  |
| 620 | Metrics in the Midst | "The Scoreboard, LTYM, Story #132 | 132 | Bringing real-time metrics into the workroom can be motivating to the team | 2011 | 03/28/2024 | 03/29/2024 | Kiva | Story | No | Male | Measurement | | 16 |  |
| 619 | There are no IT projects | "Learning to love the questions," Story #379 | 379 | There are only business projects | 2014 | 03/22/2024 | 05/02/2024 | NetHope | Story | No | Female | Project Mgmt | | 17 |  |
| 618 | The Snowball | See "Jell," Story #604 | 604 | Leadership is about removing obstacles | 2014 | 02/08/2024 | 02/08/2024 | Advisor | Story | No | Male | Leadership | | 18 |  |
| 617 | The Rowboat | | | It's the team that wins the race | 2024 | 02/08/2024 | 02/08/2024 | Advisor | Story | No | Female | Leadership | | 19 |  |
| 616 | The Seawall | | | Run to the signs | 2023 | 01/25/2024 | 01/26/2024 | Advisor | Story | No | Male | Crisis Mgmt | | 20 |  |
| 615 | Project Conversations | | | Plan on daily conversations among the project specialists | 2023 | 01/25/2024 | 01/25/2024 | Advisor | Story | No | Female | Project Mgmt | | 21 |  |
| 614 | Reactive thinking | | | Often the reactive mind is more powerful than the creative mind | 2024 | 01/25/2024 | 05/02/2024 | Advisor | Story | No | Male | Strategy | | 22 |  |
| 613 | Retention | | | Ask customers why they are leaving | 2024 | 01/25/2024 | 01/25/2024 | Advisor | Story | No | Male | Customer Service | | 23 |  |
| 612 | Insurance | | | Don't overspend on risk reduction | 2016 | 01/25/2024 | 01/25/2024 | IFRC | Story | No | Female | Risks | | 24 |  |
| 611 | Infosec | | | Test your security processes | 2023 | 01/25/2024 | 01/25/2024 | Advisor | Story | No | Male | Security | | 25 |  |
| 610 | The Risk Frontier | See "Using Risks", Story #353 | 353 | Focus on the most likely, highest impact risks | 2014 | 01/12/2024 | 01/25/2024 | IFRC | Story | No | Male | Leadership,Finance,Risks | | 26 |  |
| 609 | The Triage Exercise | 1) See the START method of triage, which "was developed in 1983 by the staff members of Hoag Hospital and Newport Beach Fire Department located in California, and is currently widely used in the United States” --https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_triage_and_rapid_treatment . | | Work demand can be triaged to focus on the most urgent first | 2020 | 01/10/2024 | 01/25/2024 | UMSI | Story | Yes | Female | Crisis Mgmt,Time Mgmt | 1) How do you say the "no" or the "wait" without creating Shadow | 27 |  |
| 608 | Conversation, again | See "Talking your way to the answer," LTYM #112 | 112 | Possibilities rise from the conversation | 2023 | 11/29/2023 | 01/25/2024 | Advisor | Story | No | Male | Conversation | | 28 |  |
| 607 | Easter Display | | | Turn a trade show into a group scavenger hunt | 2015 | 11/29/2023 | 11/29/2023 | Nyon | Story | No | Female | Research | | 29 |  |
| 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 | | 30 |  |