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A Tool for Deepening Awareness and Guiding Systemic Change
A Tool for Deepening Awareness and Guiding Systemic Change
The Iceberg Model is a foundational tool in systems thinking. It invites us to look beneath the surface of visible events to uncover the patterns, structures, and mental models that shape what we experience. Like an iceberg, only a small portion of a system is immediately visible—most of it lies hidden beneath the surface.
The Iceberg Model is a foundational tool in systems thinking. It invites us to look beneath the surface of visible events to uncover the patterns, structures, and mental models that shape what we experience. Like an iceberg, only a small portion of a system is immediately visible—most of it lies hidden beneath the surface.
This model is especially powerful for cultural creatives working at the intersection of community, ecology, and systems change. It supports a shift from reactive responses to transformative action by helping us ask:
This model is especially powerful for cultural creatives working at the intersection of community, ecology, and systems change. It supports a shift from reactive responses to transformative action by helping us ask:
- What patterns are repeating?
- What structures and systems reinforce them?
- What beliefs, values, and assumptions hold those structures in place?
Used in facilitation, education, or community dialogue, the Iceberg Model supports groups to collectively surface deeper root causes—whether of climate breakdown, social injustice, or personal disconnection—and to imagine interventions not just at the event level, but all the way down to shifting paradigms.
Used in facilitation, education, or community dialogue, the Iceberg Model supports groups to collectively surface deeper root causes—whether of climate breakdown, social injustice, or personal disconnection—and to imagine interventions not just at the event level, but all the way down to shifting paradigms.
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- The iceberg as a systems thinking model
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