{"id":47528,"date":"2021-09-05T06:21:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T10:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=47528"},"modified":"2021-09-06T06:53:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T10:53:33","slug":"our-iceberg-is-melting-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/our-iceberg-is-melting-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Iceberg Is Melting: Review, Context, and Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Is the fable <em>Our Iceberg Is Melting <\/em>worth reading? How can this book help drive change in your company?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber&#8217;s fable is about a colony of penguins who must make quick and drastic changes in order to save their colony. This fable is meant to help companies during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-process-of-change\/\">change process<\/a> and was a <em>New York Times<\/em> bestseller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue below for our <em>Our Iceberg Is Melting <\/em>review, including the book&#8217;s background and critical reception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Our Iceberg Is Melting<\/em> by John Kotter<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Our Iceberg Is Melting <\/em>is a fable about a colony of penguins who realize that their home might be destroyed soon, and that they need to move the entire colony to a new iceberg. However, despite the looming threat, making such a big change isn\u2019t easy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book by Dr. John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber will teach you, through the penguin fable, the necessary steps in making major changes to your company or your personal life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is our <em>Our Iceberg Is Melting <\/em>review, including its context and its critical reception. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Authors<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. John Kotter is a professor emeritus at the Harvard Business School and the founder of the management consulting firm Kotter International. He\u2019s widely regarded as one of the world\u2019s top authorities on effective leadership and driving change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holger Rathgeber is an affiliate of Kotter International. He\u2019s spent over 15 years working as a facilitator, helping companies to develop and implement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/effective-business-strategy\/\">effective business strategies<\/a>. Rathgeber has an economics degree from the University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect with John Kotter:<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kotterinc.com\/\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPKotter\">Twitter<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/johnkotter\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUxHbdpSMeT3ckJ7iZPDc1Q\">YouTube<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"mailto:john.kotter@kotterinternational.com\">Email<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect with Holger Rathgeber:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/de.linkedin.com\/in\/holger-rathgeber-a3445523\/en\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"mailto:holger.rathgeber@kotterinc.com\">Email<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Book\u2019s Publication<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/\">Penguin Random House<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imprint: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.com\/publishers\/portfolio\/\">Portfolio \/ Penguin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original edition of <em>Our Iceberg Is Melting <\/em>was published in 2006. The 10th anniversary edition\u2014published in 2016\u2014adds new illustrations, an updated afterword, and a Q&amp;A from Kotter and Rathgeber. (This guide references the 2016 edition.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Historical Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The original edition of <em>Our Iceberg Is Melting <\/em>came out in 2006, around the time of the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/current-housing-market\/\">housing market<\/a> crash and just before the Great Recession. It was a time of major changes in the economic world, so the lessons in this fable were especially important.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Intellectual Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Our Iceberg Is Melting <\/em>is a spiritual successor to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/who-moved-my-cheese\/1-page-summary\"><em>Who Moved My Cheese<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>another animal-centric fable about making necessary changes<em>. <\/em>However, while <em>Who Moved My Cheese? <\/em>focused on making changes at the personal level (a mouse finding a new food source), <em>Our Iceberg Is Melting <\/em>expands those ideas to the organizational level (moving an entire penguin colony to a new location).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><em>Who Moved My Cheese?:<\/em><\/strong><strong>7 steps for personal change<\/strong><\/td><td><strong><em>Our Iceberg Is Melting:<\/em><\/strong><strong>8 steps for organizational change<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Step 1: Be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/prepare-for-change\/\">prepared for change<\/a><\/td><td>Step 1: Create urgency<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Step 2: Let go of the past<\/td><td>Step 2: Assemble a team<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Step 3: Adapt\u2014be open to new things<\/td><td>Step 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-vision\/\">Create a vision<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Step 4: Imagine success<\/td><td>Step 4: Enlist volunteers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Step 5: Handle your fears<\/td><td>Step 5: Remove barriers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Step 6: Learn to enjoy change<\/td><td>Step 6: Win small victories<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Step 7: Be prepared for continuous change<\/td><td>Step 7: Accelerate change<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Step 8: Cement the changes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There are distinct parallels between the two processes:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Step 1 of personal change is to be ready for it, while step 1 of organizational change is to create urgency\u2014thereby making sure that your colleagues are ready for change.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Step 4 of personal change and step 3 of organizational change are both about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/imagining-the-future\/\">imagining the future<\/a>; what\u2019s your goal, and what do you need to do in order to reach it?<\/li><li>Step 5 in both processes is to eliminate obstacles. This step is explicitly stated in the organizational change process; meanwhile, when it comes to personal change, the biggest obstacle you\u2019re facing is probably your own fear.<\/li><li>Step 6 of both processes is to appreciate and celebrate what you\u2019ve already accomplished, even if you haven\u2019t achieved your main goal yet.<\/li><li>Step 7 of both processes is to be ready to make more changes, and strive for continuous improvement.&nbsp;<ul><li>The organizational change process goes a step further by advising that you take steps to make the changes permanent within your organization\u2014this step may not be necessary in personal change, because there won\u2019t be other people trying to undo what you\u2019ve accomplished.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Fables are generally seen as learning tools for children (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagineforest.com\/blog\/life-lessons-aesops-fables\/\"><em>Aesop\u2019s Fables<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>are the most famous examples). Fables for adults, including business fables like <em>Who Moved My Cheese? <\/em>and <em>Our Iceberg Is Melting<\/em>,<em> <\/em>are quite recent by comparison. However, increasing numbers of people are finding that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.professionalacademy.com\/blogs-and-advice\/7-leadership-fables-every-leader-and-manager-should-read\">stories are more engaging and memorable<\/a>\u2014even for adults\u2014than dry lectures or purely informational books.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Book\u2019s Impact<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Our Iceberg Is Melting <\/em>has become a go-to book for organizations that are looking to make major changes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/product-reviews\/\/B0177AGPF4\/ref=acr_dpx_hist_5?ie=UTF8&amp;filterByStar=five_star&amp;reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar\">Amazon reviews,<\/a> as well as the quotes at the beginning of the book itself, show that organizations ranging from local church groups to major multinational corporations have used the lessons in <em>Our Iceberg Is Melting <\/em>to drive positive internal change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/537391\/our-iceberg-is-melting-by-john-kotter-and-holger-rathgeber\/\">The publisher\u2019s page<\/a> for <em>Our Iceberg Is Melting <\/em>states that it has \u201c&#8230;changed millions of lives in organizations around the world.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Critical Reception<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Our Iceberg Is Melting <\/em>is a New York Times bestseller, and high-ranking executives from many different corporations have praised the book<em> <\/em>for its simple, clear approach to the difficult topic of driving change<em>.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, Tom Curley, President and CEO of the Associated Press, said that they\u2019d \u201c&#8230;moved quickly on several fronts,\u201d thanks to the lessons in this book. Richard Kosinski, a category development officer at Yahoo, said that it\u2019s a \u201cmust-read\u201d for anyone in charge of a major change at a company.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, some reviews on Amazon, Goodreads, and other sites argue that the book\u2019s approach was too simple to be useful\u2014that it glosses over all the actual work of driving change with a cute story. Others felt that the authors were talking down to them by writing <em>Our Iceberg Is Melting<\/em> in the style of a children\u2019s book.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Commentary on the Book\u2019s Approach<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The information in <em>Our Iceberg Is Melting<\/em> is presented as a fable, to show why each step of driving change is important, and how each step plays out in practice. This approach is intended to be more engaging and more helpful than a simple list of steps to follow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Commentary on the Book\u2019s Organization<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Our Iceberg Is Melting <\/em>is well organized\u2014each action the characters take logically leads to the next, and you can see how those actions drive the necessary changes to save the penguin colony. The authors also include a simple list of their eight steps for change at the end of the book, which is a helpful reference after you\u2019ve read the penguin fable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since each of Kotter\u2019s eight steps relies upon the steps before it, and the penguin story follows those eight steps, this is the best way to organize the information that Kotter and Rathgeber present within this book.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the fable Our Iceberg Is Melting worth reading? How can this book help drive change in your company? John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber&#8217;s fable is about a colony of penguins who must make quick and drastic changes in order to save their colony. This fable is meant to help companies during the change process and was a New York Times bestseller. 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