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The
Tip of the Iceberg
Managing the Hidden Forces
That Can Make or Break Your Organization
by David Hutchens
illustrated by Bobby Gombert
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group of enterprising penguins with a yen for juicy clams teams
up with some walrus colleagues to harvest a seemingly endless
supply for all. The good news attracts penguins and walruses
from icebergs far and wide who join in the work and the delectation.
But on the way to establishing a clam lovers' paradise, territorial
skirmishes arise, clumsy walruses flatten penguins, and confusion
reigns.
Can the
penguins discover the hidden connections that have turned
spiraling success into frustration and social upheaval? Only
when they learn to see what is invisible are they able to
stop their paradise from unraveling and take steps to create
sustainable prosperity.
The Tip
of the Iceberg vividly illustrates how organizations can be
trapped by systems when they fail to understand them. The
story and discussion guide will help managers sort through
the complexity of surface-level events and discover how to
take effective actions that create the results they desire.
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Praise
for The Tip of the Iceberg
"Another in the wonderful Learning Fables series by Pegasus,
and more evidence that systems thinking requires the child in
the adult and the adult in the child. What is there to gain
from this likable story? managers might want to know. As it
turns out, quite a bit."
Peter M. Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline
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"I
had a blast reading David Hutchens's book. The story vividly
portrays scenarios encountered in our workplace everyday. Just
like the penguins, corporate executives who learn to think about
systems will be able to develop successful business strategies
for both the short and the long run."
Caroline Fu, IT manager, The Boeing Company |
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"The
Tip of the Iceberg is a great, easy-to-use tool that
can help organizations understand and analyze causal connections
crucial to effective strategic planning. It's also a fun and
entertaining way to explore the complex concepts of systems
thinking. Even my 10-year-old daughter loved it!"
Wendy Skinner, director, Business Process Reengineering,
Sabre, Inc. |
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"Those
who want to solve problems for the long haul must somehow move
beyond linear thinking to systemic awareness. Here is a shaggy
penguin story that may just do the trick."
Art Kleiner, coauthor, The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook
and The Dance of Change |
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Additional resources
for systems thinking
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