# | Title | Moral | Year | Created | Modified | Place | DocType | CrossRef | Ready? | Gender | Category | Questions | |
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 | 1 |
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 | 241 | Yes | Female | Strategy | 1) How are you helping to create meaning for your team? 2) What d | 2 |
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 | | 3 |
350 | The "And" | The power of the AND is greater than the power of the OR | 2015 | 05/20/2016 | 01/10/2024 | NetHope | Story | 501 | No | Female | Conflict | | 4 |
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? | 5 |
423 | Grants and IT Costs | Factor IT costs in each program grant | 2005 | 11/02/2016 | 11/20/2016 | STC | Story | | No | Female | Finance | | 6 |
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 | 7 |
451 | Share and Do | For collaboration, the agenda must shift from "do, then share" to "share, then do." | 2011 | 12/06/2016 | 10/27/2023 | Bellagio | Story | | No | Female | Strategy | | 8 |
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 | 9 |
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 | 10 |
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? | 11 |
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 | 132 | Yes | Female | People Mgmt,Measurement | 1) How close is the game of bowling to doing projects or other wo | 12 |
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 | 13 |
447 | Tech for Good, Tech for Bad | The prophets and the priests of technology can learn from each other | 2011 | 12/03/2016 | 10/27/2023 | IFRC | Story | | No | Female | Ethics,Paradigms | | 14 |
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 | 15 |
111 | Your work portfolio | Reserve time for the strategic | 2006 | 03/28/2006 | 02/08/2024 | STC | Story | | No | Female | Strategy | | 16 |
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 | 17 |
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 | 18 |
101 | 1,008 Rejections | Persistence pays | 1998 | 03/09/2006 | 11/20/2023 | 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 | 19 |
334 | The Refugees and the Pots | Need to trust people to cook for themselves | 2014 | 04/16/2015 | 10/27/2023 | IFRC | Story | | No | Female | Service | | 20 |
114 | I just lower my standards | Do it; don't worry about it! | 1999 | 04/10/2006 | 02/08/2024 | Waterloo Village | Story | | No | Female | Process Mgmt | | 21 |
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 | 22 |
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 | 23 |
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? | 24 |
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 | 25 |
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) | 26 |
137 | Phase 3 | Defer rather than shoot | 1996 | 05/05/2006 | 10/27/2023 | HPMD | Story | 587 | No | Female | Process Mgmt | | 27 |
118 | The New Director | Give the new leader his head | 2006 | 04/30/2006 | 02/13/2023 | NetHope | Story | | No | Female | Leadership,People Mgmt | | 28 |
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 | 29 |
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 | 30 |