Iceberg Model Revisited
Beware what's under the water!
Welcome to another of SystemsWiki’s Musings exploring how a deeper understanding of relationships and their implications can enable more effective action.
The Iceberg Model has been employed by the systems thinking community for decades endeavoring to develop a realization that being aware of and reacting to events isn’t nearly as effective as understanding and responding to what’s responsible for the events. In the following video, I present the iceberg model along with an alternative view I crafted to demonstrate the relevance of the iceberg model along with a shout-out to the always relevant “Habits of a Systems Thinker” cards developed by the “Waters Center for Systems Thinking.”
What perspectives do you have that might improve the understanding?
Link List…
The Iceberg Model from the Seeds Sustainability Consulting Website
theWay/Understanding an Insight Maker Model by Gene Bellinger
And? a Musing by Gene Bellinger
Systems Thinker Habit Cards from Waters Center Thinking Tools Studio
SystemsWiki's Musings understanding relationships and their implications.
Dear Gene, I love that you also question the foundations/basics of systems thinking. I try to do the same and many times found new angles, new answers, overlooked information, etc. I believe that all of us should regularly revisit the foundations, basic assumptions, taken for granted rules, etc. in order to try to make sure that our thinking is reasonably valid/"true"/useful ... So, thank you very much for this musing.
I was thinking about how other people's mental models can create deliberate systems (e.g. redlining in communities) that create dissonance between one's behaviors and one's mental models - that could be why well-being is reduced for those who live in a system not helpful to them. On the bright side, how do we create deliberate systems that help people flourish independent of their current mental models? Will the system actually modify people's mental models?