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Hide details for 19831983
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12What's the Next Step? People work harder, and take pride in, achieving new levels, even if "in place"198302/27/200602/13/2023IDCStoryYesPeople Mgmt
143Bowling and CurtainsWith a good scoreboard, you don't need feedback from a manager198305/08/200603/29/2024IDCStoryYesPeople Mgmt,Measurement
416Double the EstimateIf project time is difficult to estimate, make it time-fixed198310/27/201609/27/2022DBCStoryYesProject Mgmt
Hide details for 19841984
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13Build the ThrowawayBuild a prototype to meet a basic need; embellish later198402/27/200611/20/2023IDCStoryYesProject Mgmt,Innovation
220Playing with toysA sense of play is more adult than you think198409/24/200709/27/2022IDCStoryYesPeople Mgmt
454The ParadeIn the midst of a crisis, try to remain calm and improvise where you need to.198402/27/201712/20/2021IDCStoryYesCrisis,Improv
Hide details for 19851985
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14The Wine BetAn audacious goal is powerful198502/27/200602/13/2023IDCStoryYesPeople Mgmt
15Counting the SimpleIncreasing client contact with good, helpful people, increases sales198502/27/200602/13/2023IDCStoryYesMeasurement
81A Red-Button PartyWhen you find a problem, celebrate: it's an opportunity to ratchet up the quality198502/27/200602/13/2023IDCStoryYesChange Mgmt,People Mgmt,Quality
84Teaching an employee to fishTeach a worker how to fish and they don't need a hand-out.198502/27/200611/20/2023IDCStoryYesLeadership,People Mgmt
536The GrenadeDon't take the hand grenade problem; give it back198509/08/202206/15/2023IDCStoryYesLeadership,People Mgmt
Hide details for 19861986
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16Taking the Wrong JobDoing something you don't like to do is not a way to move up198602/27/200602/13/2023IDCStoryYesPeople Mgmt
85House Calls For Kids ShoesExceptional service becomes legendary, it gets retold and retold and retold.198602/27/200610/27/2023DBCStoryYesService
Hide details for 19871987
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17How to Work for a SonofabitchFiguratively go around to other's side of the table and get angry at the problem facing us, rather than each other.198702/27/200602/13/2023DBCStoryYesPeople Mgmt
18Seven Hundred Names, One at a TimeGreat service is a relationship and its personal198702/27/200602/13/2023HomeStoryYesService
19Service Legends IIExcellent service is legendary198702/27/200602/13/2023HomeStoryYesService
20The End of CodingFeature 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-point198702/27/200602/13/2023DBCStoryYesProject Mgmt
150The rising star and the problem employeeAn over-concern for the problem employee is an under-concern for the rising star198705/21/200605/18/2017DBCStoryYesLeadership,People Mgmt
Hide details for 19881988
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132The ScoreboardObjectives and metrics are about putting points on the board!198805/05/200603/29/2024DBCStoryYesMeasurement
562Criticize in PrivateTo build team trust, praise in public; criticize in private198809/16/202201/08/2023DBCStoryYesPeople Mgmt
Hide details for 19891989
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21The Catered LunchTeam selected awards can be simple, inexpensive and powerful198902/27/200602/13/2023DBCStoryYesPeople Mgmt
116A reunion lesson about stressReduce stress by giving people control over their work198904/30/200602/13/2023DrewStoryYesPeople Mgmt
480Loma PrietaWhen the ground moves, hang on198910/07/201710/07/2019DBCStoryYesCrisis

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