# | Title | Moral | Year | Created | Modified | Place | DocType | CrossRef | Ready? | Gender | Category | Questions | |
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 | 1 |
403 | 2G Tuesdays | Empathy means walking in the customer's network | 2016 | 10/11/2016 | 10/11/2016 | UMSI | Story | | No | | Communication,Design | | 2 |
436 | 36 Factors of Delight | Principles guide design more than specs | 2016 | 11/28/2016 | 01/18/2024 | Sabbatical | Story | 40 | Yes | Female | Design,Innovation | 1) What are your design principles? 2) What have you noticed that | 3 |
471 | 3D Thinking | Visualization sometimes needs to be translated into flat-earth models | 1979 | 08/01/2017 | 02/06/2018 | FBC | Story | | No | Male | Vision,Strategy | | 4 |
100 | 3,500 Good Ideas | It takes a whole lot of creating for a single success | 2006 | 03/09/2006 | 02/13/2023 | STC | Story | | No | Female | Strategy | | 5 |
443 | 50 MPH | The baseline for improvement is the rest of the world | 2016 | 11/30/2016 | 01/08/2023 | Sabbatical | Story | | No | Male | Strategy,Vision,Innovation | | 6 |
517 | A Funeral | Honor the right brain | 2008 | 09/08/2022 | 01/03/2023 | Dartmouth | Story | | No | Female | Leadership,Stories | | 7 |
415 | A Jelled Team | A jelled team is your most valuable project asset | 2015 | 10/27/2016 | 10/19/2022 | NetHope | Story | | No | Female | Project Mgmt | | 8 |
420 | A Learning Opportunity | Trusting your team means making screw-ups a learning opportunity | 2016 | 11/02/2016 | 12/09/2018 | Lisbon | Story | | No | Male | Leadership,People Mgmt | | 9 |
270 | A Ninety Day Story | Scarcity motivates | 2008 | 10/12/2009 | 07/20/2011 | Dartmouth | Story | | No | | Leadership | | 10 |
81 | A Red-Button Party | When you find a problem, celebrate: it's an opportunity to ratchet up the quality | 1985 | 02/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | IDC | Story | | Yes | Male | Change Mgmt,People Mgmt,Quality | 1) When a problem is discovered in your company or department, wh | 11 |
116 | A reunion lesson about stress | Reduce stress by giving people control over their work | 1989 | 04/30/2006 | 02/13/2023 | Drew | Story | | Yes | Male | People Mgmt | | 12 |
340 | A Sales Story | Sometimes the outrageous joke makes the point | 2015 | 02/20/2016 | 05/25/2016 | St. Francis | Story | | No | | Sales | | 13 |
124 | A sense of accomplishment | To be a good manager you need to take pride in others | 1991 | 10/07/2018 | 06/15/2023 | HPMD | Story | 123 | Yes | Female | People Mgmt,Leadership | 1) What brings you the most satisfaction in your job? 2) How do y | 14 |
290 | A tale of two choirs | A leader brings out the hidden talents | 2009 | 12/25/2009 | 11/21/2016 | St Francis | Story | | Yes | Female | Leadership | 1) When have you experienced a good leader or teacher who brought | 15 |
445 | A Thought Exercise | You can get further for free than you think | 2016 | 12/02/2016 | 01/03/2023 | Lisbon | Story | | No | Male | Strategy | | 16 |
466 | A Time Overhead Ratio | To be innovative and entrepreneurial you need to spend most of your time executing and experimenting | 2017 | 07/11/2017 | 12/15/2021 | OCHA | Story | | No | Male | Innovation,Strategy,Bureaucracy | | 17 |
243 | A Tree in Zaire | "But just to ask us who we think we are" | 2008 | 05/10/2008 | 01/08/2023 | Cap Gemini | Story | | Yes | Male | Leadership,Vision,Stories | 1) Who are we in this story and why? a) Are we the man with the a | 18 |
537 | ABC-planning | While A- and B-plans are good backup, C-plans handle when all else fails | 2020 | 09/08/2022 | 01/25/2024 | UMSI | Story | | No | Male | Planning,Crisis Mgmt,Improv | | 19 |
341 | Accompaniment | Accompanying your client is a different mind-set then serving them | 2016 | 05/03/2016 | 05/03/2016 | IFRC | Story | | No | | Service | | 20 |
123 | Accomplishing goals through others | To be a good manager, you need to work through others | 1991 | 10/07/2018 | 06/15/2023 | HPMD | Story | 124 | Yes | Female | People Mgmt,Leadership | 1) What are some examples of not working through others? 2) What | 21 |
327 | Acronyms | Speaking in code is for insiders only | 2014 | 08/13/2014 | 08/14/2017 | IFRC | Story | | Yes | Female | Communication | 1. How much longer would a report be with all acronyms spelled ou | 22 |
542 | Acts of Kindness | Brainstorm kind surprises | 2021 | 09/16/2022 | 01/03/2023 | UMSI | Story | | Yes | Male | Values,Service | 1. What random acts of kindness have you experienced in the workp | 23 |
355 | Ad Prac | Take the higher ground; make the choice about the right thing, the shared value | 1980 | 05/25/2016 | 11/20/2016 | FBC | Story | | No | Male | Ethics,Politics | | 24 |
387 | Advising the CEO | The focus is not technology, but rather leadership | 2016 | 08/27/2016 | 07/20/2017 | IFRC | Story | | No | Female | Leadership | | 25 |
110 | All I do is attend meetings | The Meetings are the Job | 1986 | 03/27/2006 | 02/13/2023 | DBC | Story | | No | Female | People Mgmt | | 26 |
493 | All That Jazz | Invite shaking up the status quo | 2008 | 11/11/2017 | 12/20/2021 | Fairfield | Story | | Yes | Male | Metaphor,Leadership,Bureaucracy,Improv | 1) In a brainstorming session, what happens when an idea is sugge | 27 |
300 | All the designs were different | There's more than one way to a solution | 2010 | 11/15/2010 | 01/06/2023 | IFRC | Story | | No | Male | Project Mgmt,Collaboration,Design | | 28 |
465 | An Audience of Two | Words matter, they have a life of their own that is passed on with each telling. | 2017 | 07/11/2017 | 07/11/2017 | Ann Arbor | Story | | No | Female | Stories,Communication | | 29 |
72 | An Extra Day of Work | Get technology into the hands of your leaders. | 2005 | 11/20/2016 | 01/08/2023 | STC | Story | | Yes | Male | Strategy | 1) I mentioned the benefits of getting technology in your senior | 30 |