# | Title | Moral | Year | Created | Modified | Place | DocType | CrossRef | Ready? | Gender | Category | Questions | |
25 | The Case of the Serial Numbers | Pay attention to what doesn't feel right | 1991 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | DBC | Story | | Yes | Male | Values,Ethics | 1) When you discover something that doesn't feel right in your or | 30 |
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 | 31 |
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 | 32 |
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 | 33 |
29 | The Good Days Score | People focus and work hard to beat the best | 1993 | 03/03/2021 | 03/01/2023 | Reuters | Story | | Yes | Male | Measurement | 1) How do you keep score in your organization? 2) What are the no | 34 |
30 | Why Don't Managers Act More Like Parents? | Expect your people to do well and succeed | 1993 | 12/22/2019 | 06/15/2023 | Shark | Story | 123 | Yes | Female | People Mgmt,Leadership | 1) What if more managers expected us to succeed? 2) What if more | 35 |
31 | Beating the High Score | Knowing what the prior team's score is makes an outstanding achievement possible | 1994 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | HPMD | Story | | Yes | Female | Measurement,Operations Mgmt | 1) What are your teams top 3 indicators? 2) Does your team know w | 36 |
32 | Doing a Hundred Little Things Significantly Well | Service is about doing 100 little things significantly well | 1994 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | HPMD | Story | | Yes | Female | Service | 1) What are the best service encounters you have had? 2) Break it | 37 |
33 | Anticipating Tastes | Anticipate your stakeholder needs | 1994 | 10/07/2019 | 01/22/2024 | HPMD | Story | 426 | Yes | Female | Service | 1) Can you listen without any speaking? How do you suppose the ch | 38 |
34 | Ping Pong Thinking | Iterative thinking builds an idea | 1995 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | HPMD | Story | | Yes | Male | Communication | 1) When have you had a discussion that rapidly builds ideas? Is i | 39 |
35 | C-Level Work | One man's c-level work is another's a-level | 1995 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | HPMD | Story | | Yes | Male | People Mgmt | 1) What assignments have you shied away from? Why? 2) Have you ev | 40 |
36 | Saying No Without Saying No | When "saying no" is hard to do, defer (phase it) | 1995 | 02/27/2006 | 01/19/2024 | HPMD | Story | | Yes | Female | Project Mgmt | 1) To increase project productivity, you need to navigate the iro | 41 |
37 | Teams that don't keep score | Those who don't keep score are only practicing | 1996 | 02/27/2006 | 03/28/2024 | HPMD | Story | 29 | Yes | Male | Measurement | 1) What are the ways your team keeps score? Do they have a say in | 42 |
38 | Service Integrity | What we expect of other professionals, we must expect of ourselves | 1996 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | HPMD | Story | | Yes | Female | Service | 1) Have you heard the attitude of "it's not my job" from any of y | 43 |
39 | Don't Legislate Exceptions | Don't legislate exceptions; just state the rule. | 1996 | 11/20/2016 | 12/02/2016 | HPMD | Story | | Yes | Female | Process Mgmt | 1) To how many people would you tell the cabinet story? The snow | 44 |
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 | 45 |
41 | The Chairman Gets IT | Talk about technology in nontechnical terms | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | | Yes | Male | Communication | 1) One of the ways to describe technology is by using metaphors. | 46 |
42 | What are you working on? | "What are you working on?" is a powerful framing question | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | | Yes | Female | Leadership | 1) As the letter to Adam asks, what is your cathedral, your villa | 47 |
43 | Lease versus Buy | Lowest cost is not always best | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | 185 | Yes | Male | Finance | 1) How do you justify equipment investment to your budget committ | 48 |
44 | Giving the Third to the Architect | You have to give one to the developers | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | St. Francis | Story | | Yes | Male | Change Mgmt,People Mgmt,Quality | 1) Which projects have you experienced that have problems with ti | 49 |
45 | Letting Go II | Let go and let your team | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | St. Francis | Story | | Yes | Male | People Mgmt | 1) What are some of the things you do that your team may conclude | 50 |
46 | Draw Another Picture | A drawing is worth a thousand words | 2000 | 02/27/2006 | 06/15/2023 | STC | Story | 3 | Yes | Female | Strategy | 1) Can you draw your IT strategy on a single page? Does this forc | 51 |
47 | Signing Up | Make a visible and specific commitment to reach the goal. | 2000 | 01/20/2019 | 01/03/2023 | STC | Story | | Yes | Female | People Mgmt | 1) Why does signing a flip-chart-document have such meaning? How | 52 |
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 | 53 |
49 | The Webcam and Being There | Watch the next generation | 2001 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | | Yes | Male | Strategy | 1) What are your leading indicators? More importantly, who do you | 54 |
50 | How am I doing? | Regularly ask your stakeholders how you are doing | 2001 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | | Yes | Male | Measurement | 1) How often do you meet 1:1 with your stakeholders? | 55 |
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 | 56 |
52 | Collaborating is Doing it Together | It's better doing it together and it's more compelling for your sponsors | 2001 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | 451 | Yes | Male | Strategy | 1) What are the advantages of collaborating? What are the disadva | 57 |
53 | Creating an Internal Capital Budget | Investment funds created out of operations are the easiest to get approved | 2002 | 02/27/2006 | 06/15/2023 | STC | Story | 185 | Yes | Male | Budget Mgmt,Finance | 1) Do you have a capital budget? If so, what percent of your tota | 58 |
54 | Customizing to meet the need | Don't modify core code | 2002 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | | Yes | Female | Project Mgmt | 1) Can you think of some exceptions when a system should be custo | 59 |