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Our Iceberg Is Melting is a simple fable about successfully responding to change in an ever-changing world. Based on the award-winning work of Harvard's Dr. John P. Kotter, it is a story that has been used to help thousands of people and organizations.
The fable is about a penguin colony in Antarctica. A group of beautiful emperor penguins live as they have for many years. Then, one curious bird discovers a potentially devastating problem threatening their home, and when he raises the issue, no one listens to him. The characters in the story, Fred, Alice, Louis, Buddy, the Professor, and NoNo, are like people we recognize — even ourselves. Their tale is one of resistance to change and heroic action, seemingly intractable obstacles, and the most clever tactics for dealing with those obstacles. It's a story that is occurring in different forms all around us today — but the penguins handle the very real challenges a great deal better than most of us. Our Iceberg Is Melting is based on pioneering work that shows how the 8-Step Process for Leading Change can succeed in creating needed change in any sort of group. It's a story that can be enjoyed by anyone while at the same time providing invaluable guidance for a world that keeps moving faster and faster.
For more information about Dr. Kotter's 8-Step Process for Leading Change, please refer to his book, Our Iceberg Is Melting. This book is also available for purchase as a downloadable PDF file.