In this area of the web site are some stories from various sources. This selection is to give you a little taste of what a knowledge base of collected stories might be like, and to raise a discussion about the uses of stories and storytelling in business.

From IBM Experience
IBM Early History	how IBM started
Watson Research History	how the Watson research lab started
From Our Experience
The Slow Elevator	people are funny
The Two Boxes	thinking inside and outside the box
The German Teacher	the right information to the right person?
The Fishing Trip	power fishing
The Modest Plantation	the power of stories
The Lost Buttons	on giving up too soon
The Talking Shoes	on technology and serendipity
From Aesop
The Ass and the Grasshopper	do what we do
The Dog and the Shadow	Give me that bone!
The Man and the Lion	who writes the stories?
The Miser	how valuable is a secret treasure?
The Lioness	quality vs. quantity

Some things you might want to think about as you read these stories are:

• Which stories do you like the best? The worst? Why?
• Do any of these stories make you think of other stories you could contribute? Which ones? Why?
• Do any of these stories make you want to comment on them or start a discussion on a topic that they raise? Which ones? Why?
• How would you want these stories to be organized? Why?
• If you were looking for a particular one of these stories, how do you think would be the best way to find it? By a plain text search? By browsing categories? By moving through a web of linked stories? By other means?
• If you had a story to add to this list, how would you want to do it? By filling out an online form? By having a one-on-one telephone or in-person interview? By having a story-collector sit in on a meeting? By having one member from your group collect stories for the group and submit them? How else?
• If you had a story to add to this list, who would you want to read it? How much control would you want to have over who could read it?