Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions

· Pan Macmillan
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In Our Iceberg is Melting, a simple fable about penguins encapsulates vital truths about embracing change and illustrates how adaptability can yield prosperity, while resistance can lead to peril, in an ever-changing world.

The penguins are living happily on their iceberg as they have done for many years. Then one curious penguin discovers a potentially devastating problem threatening their home – and pretty much no one listens to him.

The characters in this fable are like people we recognize, even ourselves. Their story is one of resistance to change and heroic action, confusion and insight, seemingly intractable obstacles and the most clever tactics for dealing with those obstacles. It is a story that is occurring in different forms around us today – but the penguins handle change a great deal better than most of us.

The insightful lessons you can learn from this short and easy-to-read book, based on the pioneering work of John Kotter, will empower you in work, family, and community. They will help you to make smart change happen faster and better, especially in an era of relentless change.

This edition celebrates ten years since the publication of this classic business fable with new and improved illustrations and a foreword by Spencer Johnson, author of Who Moved My Cheese?

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4.6
54 reviews
Kathy Nabbie
October 9, 2021
I really enjoyed reading 'Our Iceberg is Melting' by John Kotter. Ii is a quick read change management book with easy fix solutions. As an advocate of change in the workplace, I at first identified with Fred the penguin who found the problem and immediately asks a senior penguin to help him escalate the issue and find a solution. I also indentified with Buddy the penguin who loved change, but knew little about spreadsheets and IT technology, but was kind to others, understood their feelings,made them feel worthwhile in the world and helped them to also adapt to change in a simple way. The usage of penguins. in this book made it even more gripping and interesting and I could not put it away until the end- Thank you xx💖
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cindy pearce
October 18, 2014
Our company path care is a huge company in South Africa and our whole entire companies staff members has to read this book and it's really true every thing that happens in the book. Sometimes you have to admit it's time for a change
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Subose Pai
October 13, 2013
I enjoyed reading this book, especially the aspects of driving and adopting the change has been very well discused and highlighted in this book in form of a fable. I thinks that is what has made it so easy to understand and relate. Personally I could relate to my day-to-day work and techniques I can apply.
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About the author

John Kotter has been on the faculty at Harvard Business School since 1972. He is the author of eleven books that have won awards and honours, or have been business bestsellers. Professor Kotter gives speeches and seminars at Harvard and around the world.

Holger Rathgeber works for Becton Dickinson, one of the world's leading medical technology companies.

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