Learn management through true stories

Eight real management situations a day. Make your call, then see what actually happened and the idea behind it.

For anyone who leads a team, works alongside AI, or wants to get their own work in order.

Start today's challenge8 real calls, about 4 minutesOpen the management map15 areas and 274 ideas, all on one map

274 ideas and 274 true stories, every story with its sourcesNo sign-up, your progress is saved in this browserStory mode: You're the New Manager

Today's challenge · Round 1
Try this round →

True stories

All 274 stories →
French colonial government of Hanoi · 1902The Tail CountIn 1902 Hanoi paid a bounty for every rat tail. A few months later, officials started noticing rats with no tails.NASA JPL and Lockheed Martin Astronautics · 1998–1999The Factor of 4.45One team's software reported thruster pushes in pound-force seconds. The navigators read them as newton-seconds. For months they saw that something was off, but their doubts stayed informal, and the Mars Climate Orbiter flew too low into Mars.Air Canada · 2022–2024The Bot Said Ninety DaysAir Canada's chatbot gave a grieving passenger the wrong refund rule. Then the airline argued it couldn't be held liable for what its chatbot said.

15 areas of management

Each one starts with a question.

1Management FundamentalsWhat does a manager actually manage?18 ideas2Self-ManagementBefore you manage others, how do you manage yourself?18 ideas3Goals & MetricsWhat do you really want, and how will you know you got it?20 ideas4Decision-MakingHow do you decide well when you don't have all the facts?25 ideas5Strategy & InnovationWhere can you win, what lets you win, and how do you avoid being disrupted?22 ideas6Organization Design & GovernanceWho does what, who reports to whom, and who gets to decide?21 ideas7Leadership & DelegationHow do you get people to follow you, and trust them to run with it?10 ideas8MotivationWhy do people work, and what makes them want to do it well?15 ideas9TalentWhom do you hire, how do you judge people, and how do you help them grow?17 ideas10Communication & FeedbackHow do you say it clearly, get it through, and make people care?13 ideas11TeamworkHow does a group of people become a team?16 ideas12Projects & ExecutionHow do you get something done on time and done right?19 ideas13Operations & QualityHow do you get it right every time, and a bit better each time?22 ideas14Culture & ChangeHow do you change what a group of people does out of habit?19 ideas15The AI EraWhen you manage AI, which problems are genuinely new?19 ideas