Our Iceberg Is Melting - Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions
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Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions
John Kotter and has produced a great book that contains a wealth of wisdom and insight. While it looks and reads like a simple book, it is anything but simple. The message which Kotter is able to make clear goes much deeper than the surface story of a colony of penguins in search of answers pertaining to their survival on an iceberg. He easily describes a scenario through a penguin colony that any person can relate to and think about in a more in-depth manner.
The fable is entertaining and interesting and deals with how a penguin colony deals with change that has become inevitable if they are to survive. The story revolves around a penguin colony in Antarctica living on an iceberg. The iceberg has developed cracks through which sea water has seeped in and collected inside cavities deep within the iceberg. This obviously is threatening to the penguin’s colony and current living situation. The problem with the iceberg is found by a penguin named Fred who conveys the information to his boss, Alice. Alice informs her superior Louis who