Iceberg model

Peter Senge / systems thinking

You want a decision that treats the real thing. The problem is you are staring at the event and calling it the whole ocean. Events sit on patterns, patterns on structures, structures on mental models. Decide from the tip and you will fight the same wave. Look down and the wave has a floor.

Mental models

Structures

Patterns

Events

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The event is the tip. Under it: patterns, structures, mental models. Decide from the tip and you will fight the same wave.

Use this on a moment. It answers: How do you decide?

How this talks to the others

Start here, then
GROW
Look under the event before you coach the goal. GROW on the tip is a sitting that will come back.
Pushes against
RICE
RICE names the lever in the moment. The iceberg says the moment is the tip. They disagree about how deep to look before you move.
Start here, then
Cynefin
Name the domain before you look under. Digging for structure in chaos is how you miss the fire.

Seminars

The choice