Picture 🖼 this: there's an iceberg slowly melting in Antarctica, and it's not just the ice that's at risk – there's a colony of penguins in jeopardy. | Sonu Goswami
Picture 🖼 this: there's an iceberg slowly melting in Antarctica, and it's not just the ice that's at risk – there's a colony of penguins in jeopardy. But, hold on, I'm not here to talk about global warming, pollution, or endangered species. I've got something different in store. Good morning everyone 😊 Meet Dr. John Paul Kotter—a septuagenarian US author, a world authority on 'Change Management,' with 12 bestsellers 📚 . In 2005, he penned 'Our Iceberg is Melting.' That's the heart of my talk. Only 147 pages, big font, colorful illustrations – this book 📘 is a quick, visually engaging read. Kotter's unique storytelling features penguins 🐧 🐧 🐧 🐧 in Antarctica, not your typical corporate backdrop. The core message? Change is constant. We all face melting 'icebergs' in life – #jobs , #businesses , #investments –> they can dip. The key? Identify and thrive on new 'icebergs'. Adaptation 🔽 👇 The fable starts when Fred 🐧 one of the 250 penguins living in a colony, observes a cave formed underneath their iceberg due to ice melting. He also observed that the cave has small canals when water and bubbles go into them and when this water will freeze it will further expand causing more cracks in the already vulnerable iceberg. Fred 🐧 confides in Alice 🐧one of the council members of the penguin colony and shows him the disaster in waiting as winter was just 2 months away. When they speak to other council members on the issue they don’t see the problem. So Alice asks head Penguin Louis 🐧 to invite Fred 🐧 to speak to the next Leadership Council about the threat. Fred 🐧, who is quite creative, creates a model of Iceberg and explains to the council as to what is actually happening to their iceberg. And just as we have naysayers in the corporate world, a penguin called NoNo 🐧 is not ready to accept the danger waiting in the wings. While the leadership council was undecided, Fred 🐧 brings a glass bottle, fills it with water and shows it to everyone’s surprise how it developed cracks as water in it froze. Now everyone is alarmed and sees the problem. They started brainstorming options – fix the melting iceberg or look for a new iceberg. Then one fine day, they pick up cues from a flying seagull 🐦 who says that their entire colony is nomadic and he is a scout for the colony, whose job is to find new places with ample food and shelter ahead of the rest of the colony. And eureka, with a twinkle in eyes, penguins get the hint, they too form scout teams to explore and succeed in finding a new iceberg big enough for the entire colony. Finally after lots of hardships and #teamwork they succeed and the entire colony safely moves out before the winter sets in. What are the pitfalls of resistance to change and how to overcome them? Dr. John Paul Kotter offers an 8️⃣ point strategy for change. (Follow Slides) ✅ Lesson: Today's VUCA world 🌍 Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous. Survival hinges on our ability to change and adapt. | 111 comments on LinkedIn
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Picture this: there's an iceberg slowly melting in Antarctica, and it's not just the ice that's at risk – there's a colony of penguins in jeopardy. But, hold on, I'm not here to talk about global warming, pollution, or endangered species. I've got something different in store. Good morning everyone 😊 Meet Dr. John Paul Kotter—a septuagenarian US author, a world authority on 'Change Management,' with 12 bestsellers. In 2005, he penned 'Our Iceberg is Melting.' That's the heart of my talk. Only 147 pages, big font, colorful illustrations – this book 📘 is a quick, visually engaging read. Kotter's unique storytelling features penguins in Antarctica, not your typical corporate backdrop.
The core message?
Change is constant. We all face melting 'icebergs' in life – #jobs , #businesses , #investments –> they can dip. The key? Identify and thrive on new 'icebergs'. Adaptation 🔽 The fable starts when Fred 🐧 one of the 250 penguins living in a colony, observes a cave formed underneath their iceberg due to ice melting. He also observed that the cave has small canals when water and bubbles go into them and when this water will freeze it will further expand causing more cracks in the already vulnerable iceberg. Fred 🐧 confides in Alice 🐧one of the council members of the penguin colony and shows him the disaster in waiting as winter was just 2 months away. When they speak to other council members on the issue they don’t see the problem. So Alice asks head Penguin Louis 🐧 to invite Fred 🐧 to speak to the next Leadership Council about the threat. Fred 🐧, who is quite creative, creates a model of Iceberg and explains to the council as to what is actually happening to their iceberg. And just as we have naysayers in the corporate world, a penguin called NoNo 🐧 is not ready to accept the danger waiting in the wings. While the leadership council was undecided, Fred 🐧 brings a glass bottle, fills it with water and shows it to everyone’s surprise how it developed cracks as water in it froze. Now everyone is alarmed and sees the problem. They started brainstorming options – fix the melting iceberg or look for a new iceberg. Then one fine day, they pick up cues from a flying seagull 🐦 who says that their entire colony is nomadic and he is a scout for the colony, whose job is to find new places with ample food and shelter ahead of the rest of the colony. And eureka, with a twinkle in eyes, penguins get the hint, they too form scout teams to explore and succeed in finding a new iceberg big enough for the entire colony.
Finally after lots of hardships and #teamwork they succeed and the entire colony safely moves out before the winter sets in. What are the pitfalls of resistance to change and how to overcome them? Dr. John Paul Kotter offers an eight point strategy for change. (Follow LinkedIn live post Slides)
Lesson: Today's VUCA world Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous. Survival hinges on our ability to change and adapt.
