# | Title | Moral | Year | Created | Modified | Place | DocType | CrossRef | Ready? | Gender | Category | Questions | |
0.1 | Title Page | | | 02/02/2021 | 01/03/2023 | | Story | | Yes | Male | Preface | Questions | 1 |
0.2 | Copyright | | | 02/03/2021 | 01/03/2023 | | Story | | Yes | Male | Preface | Questions | 2 |
0.4 | Chronology | Every story has a setting | | 12/09/2018 | 01/05/2023 | | Story | | No | Reader | Preface | | 3 |
0.5 | Introduction | | 2006 | 06/19/2011 | 01/03/2023 | | Story | | Yes | Reader | Preface | | 4 |
0.6 | Cast of Characters | Every story has a character or two | 2016 | 11/28/2016 | 01/05/2023 | Lisbon | Story | | Yes | Reader | Preface | | 5 |
1 | First Impressions | First impressions are lasting | 1967 | 11/20/2016 | 02/13/2023 | Smithtown | Story | | Yes | Male | People Mgmt | 1) Was the teacher excessive in his approach to the first day? Wh | 6 |
2 | We're Going to Be Great Writers | Positive expectations are powerful | 1965 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | Smithtown | Story | 4 | Yes | Male | People Mgmt | 1) Does your manager believe you can succeed at whatever you do? | 7 |
3 | Draw a Picture | When it comes to strategy, a picture is worth a thousand words | 1969 | 11/20/2016 | 02/13/2023 | Smithtown | Story | 46 | Yes | Male | Strategy | 1) Can you draw a one-page picture to represent your company's or | 8 |
4 | You Can Be Anything You Want To Be | Have faith in your employees | 1970 | 11/20/2016 | 02/13/2023 | Smithtown | Story | 2 | Yes | Female | People Mgmt | 1) Who believed in you the most? What difference did it make? 2) | 9 |
5 | Assemble the Components | Assembly is easier and faster than creating from scratch | 1978 | 02/27/2006 | 10/19/2023 | FBC | Story | | Yes | Male | Project Mgmt | 1) How can you break large problems into smaller parts? 2) In wha | 10 |
6 | Leave your Signature | Style matters; leave your signature | 1979 | 02/27/2006 | 10/19/2023 | FBC | Story | | Yes | Male | Change Mgmt,People Mgmt,Quality | 1) What elements of style have you left imprinted on your work? O | 11 |
7 | Technology Without the Technology | Speak technology in nontechnical terms | 1981 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | IDC | Story | | Yes | Male | Communication,Metaphor | 1) Can you recall a time when you were asked to play a role of tr | 12 |
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? | 13 |
9 | The Lego's Lesson | Leadership is situational | 1981 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | IDC | Story | | Yes | Female | Leadership,People Mgmt,Training | 1) What experiences can you point to where deadlines impacted the | 14 |
10 | The Conservation of Typing | Don't forget that computing is about taking work out of the system! | 1982 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | IDC | Story | | Yes | Male | Project Mgmt | 1) How can you take work out of your latest project? 2) What piec | 15 |
11 | Letting Go | Delegating means delegating ownership and letting go | 1982 | 10/07/2018 | 03/01/2023 | IDC | Story | | Yes | Male | People Mgmt | 1) If you know the answers, how do you communicate criticism? (hi | 16 |
12 | What's the Next Step? | People work harder, and take pride in, achieving new levels, even if "in place" | 1983 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | IDC | Story | | Yes | Female | People Mgmt | 1) What are the ways to avoid the feeling of stagnating, dead-end | 17 |
13 | Build the Throwaway | Build a prototype to meet a basic need; embellish later | 1984 | 02/27/2006 | 11/20/2023 | IDC | Story | | Yes | Female | Project Mgmt,Innovation | 1) Michael Schrage , MIT Professor, says that "Effective prototyp | 18 |
14 | The Wine Bet | An audacious goal is powerful | 1985 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | IDC | Story | | Yes | Male | People Mgmt | 1) When are the times your team rose to the challenge of an audac | 19 |
15 | Counting the Simple | Increasing client contact with good, helpful people, increases sales | 1985 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | IDC | Story | | Yes | Female | Measurement | 1) What metrics do you use to track success? 2) How do theses mea | 20 |
16 | Taking the Wrong Job | Doing something you don't like to do is not a way to move up | 1986 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | IDC | Story | | Yes | Female | People Mgmt | 1) What parts of your job do you like the most? the least? 2) Wha | 21 |
17 | How to Work for a Sonofabitch | Figuratively go around to other's side of the table and get angry at the problem facing us, rather than each other. | 1987 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | DBC | Story | | Yes | Male | People Mgmt | 1) What bothers you about this story? What resonates? 2) What are | 22 |
18 | Seven Hundred Names, One at a Time | Great service is a relationship and its personal | 1987 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | Home | Story | | Yes | Female | Service | 1) What businesses have made you feel valued? What did they do th | 23 |
19 | Service Legends II | Excellent service is legendary | 1987 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | Home | Story | | Yes | Female | Service | 1) What service stories have you told others about three or more | 24 |
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 | 25 |
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 | 26 |
22 | Ratchet up the productivity | Setting action items ratchets up the productivity | 1990 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | Shark | Story | | Yes | Male | People Mgmt | 1) What are you doing to rachet up productivity on your team? 2) | 27 |
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 | 28 |
24 | Rallying The Team To Die | Teams can rally even to die | 1991 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | DBC | Story | | Yes | Female | People Mgmt,Downsizing | 1) Is reframing a bad situation "white-washing" it or an opportun | 29 |
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 |