Our Iceberg is Melting Review The author of the book, John Kotter, found that 90% of organizations were either ignoring relevant changes or trying to adjust in ways that were not meeting their aspirations. At the conclusion of the meeting 30% could see the new way of life, 30% were digesting the information, 20% were very confused, 10% were skeptical but not hostile, and 10% thought the idea was completely absurd.

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This prompted the kindergarten educator to tell the understudies stories of courageous activity to help other people under troublesome and evolving conditions (Kotter and Rathgeber, 2006, p. A good book about change management narrated in a very simplistic language and in the method of storytelling. They must be recognized, collected and communicated – early and often – to track progress and energize volunteers to persist.Louis began the colony’s assembly by saying, “Fellow penguins, as we meet this challenge—and we definitely will—it is more important than ever to remember who we really are.

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They were relentless, initiating change until they found a suitable iceberg that fit their nomadic vision. I just have to read this as a required reading for our company project and to put myself immediately into a raring-to-change mode. But contained within the story and the characters is a powerful message about the fear of change and how to motivate people to face the future and take action.A story telling style is used to illustrate John Kotter's eight principles of change outlined in another book, Leading Change by the same author. The situations and reactions to the iceberg melting are clear, identifiable, and are easy to relate to the personal experiences. Empower others to act: The team found ways to include other penguins to become part of the solution. Their tale is one of resistance to change and heroic action, seemingly intractable obstacles and clever tactics for dealing with those obstacles.

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Through a simple fable about a penguin colony, with life-like characters that we can identify with, “Our Iceberg is Melting” by John Kotter presents important lessons for working and living with changes. As the icebergs melted, they added so much fresh water at the surface that the normal winter convection processes were turned off in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Rapid glacial melt in Antarctica and Greenland also influences ocean currents, as massive amounts of very cold glacial-melt water entering warmer ocean waters is slowing ocean currents. They start worrying about themselves or their families, not the community, and anxiety can start to wear them down. People are less likely to change themselves and others based on data and analysis than on compelling experiences. After finishing the story, you'll have a powerful framework for influencing your own team, no matter how big or small. Long time executives ended up letting new employees handle everything while they waited for the next windfall.