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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Our Iceberg Is Melting Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions By John Kotter Holger Rathgeber “Once upon a time…” ….there were some Emperor penguins in Antarctica. 268, to be exact. They had lived on their iceberg for years. It was heaven. It was home. Fred One of these penguins was Fred. Fred was a great husband, father, and employee. And observer. He noticed….. ….that the iceberg was melting.  Fred wanted to warn his fellow penguins…. ... but he remembered the last time someone—Harold-- tried to warn the penguins about the melting iceberg. Harold was now ostracized from the colony. Leadership Council Fred decided to meet with Alice, one of the ten penguin bosses. At first, Alice wondered if Fred was having some sort of personal crisis. BUT…she listened. And asked Fred to take her to the most problematic place on the iceberg. Proof Fred and Alice swam around the iceberg. Fred pointed out the fissures, canals, and caves that weren’t there before. The caves were filled with water. Water is fine for the summer. But when winter comes… The water freezes, expands, and breaks apart the surrounding iceberg. (Not good for anyone living on the iceberg.) Alice agreed to tell the other penguins of the Leadership Council. Most of them wondered if she were having a personal crisis. But, really, they were just busy dealing with the complaints of their other penguin constituents. Finally, they agreed to meet with and listen to Fred. Fred decided to make a model of the iceberg in order to illustrate the problem. As Fred explained the imminent disaster to the council members, all but one approached the model and examined it more closely. They were scared silent. Except for the penguin boss, NoNo, who insisted that the melting was nothing new and nothing to be worried about. NoNo continued to discredit Fred and his theory. UNTIL …. Alice pointedly said, “Im