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deutschemausi's review against another edition
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
2.0
I know what the intention behind the metaphor is, it’s just not a well written book or metaphor for that matter 😅
spikeydlux's review against another edition
3.0
Yeah, I get it, and I kind of enjoyed the penguins with their little briefcases, too.
lissac's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.0
For those working in jobs that require you to think through large scale organizational change, this was a lighthearted way to look at some change management principles through a fable. An easy quick read, and one that I’ll probably return to as it’s a good reminder of some solid practices.
studiokako's review against another edition
Another that I abandoned before I finished it. The writing is infinitesimally better than “…Cheese?” but also laboriously drawn out and honestly I didn’t really feel the need to finish the “parable” to get the point.
Final answer: meh.
Final answer: meh.
vickosicko's review against another edition
3.0
Had to read this one for work.
Pretty standard business book with an easy to digest 'lesson'.
Pretty standard business book with an easy to digest 'lesson'.
elokived's review against another edition
3.0
Easy, short read. Recommended by my boss’s boss. Overall good, approachable way to talk about change management and 8 steps to navigate change initiatives - told in a fable format involving penguins losing their “home”. My favorite part of the story is when the penguins ask something alone the lines of “why is the iceberg melting all of a sudden?” because sometimes we get wrapped up in the urgency/action that we miss the obvious, which if you can figure out the why then you can likely come up with a solution rather than reacting to it. Second favorite part is when the penguins realize they don’t need to attach identity to the iceberg, as in they simply live there, and leaving it won’t change their culture, values, identity etc. I liked this because we can tend to attach a lot to certain ideas, projects, teams and even companies and at the end of the day none of it means anything, and accepting that makes change easier to swallow.
Wouldn’t say the book was life changing or ground breaking for me, but I think it’s a good tool/way to level set a team to think and openly talk about change in less threatening ways.
Wouldn’t say the book was life changing or ground breaking for me, but I think it’s a good tool/way to level set a team to think and openly talk about change in less threatening ways.
morninglightmama's review against another edition
3.0
So, this short book has been sitting in our bathroom basket for months and months, and finally the cute penguins on the cover drew me in. I read this fable-like story, and I know it was supposed to represent how institutions and businesses and the like should approach making large-scale changes, but I can't say that I could apply this to anything in my own day-to-day life, at least not that I can understand. I don't have a business mind, so while I can sort of see how this might work, all I really got out of this was a cute story about a penguin colony surviving a melting iceberg. Yup.