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Working with the iceberg model

Working with the iceberg model

From the course: Design Thinking, Social Innovation, and Complex Systems

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Working with the iceberg model

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- [Presenter] Buckminster Fuller famously said, "If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking." If you haven't already played with the iceberg model, I'd suggest you do so now. You don't need to draw the iceberg itself, just draw three horizontal lines on top of each other with plenty of space between them then label the space above the top line events, the next space patterns, the next underlying structures and the space below the bottom line mental models. Based on a project you're working on or a situation in your personal life you want to explore, write down any event associated with it on a sticky note and place it at the top space by the word events By event I mean any visible occurrence associated with the issue. Next, ask yourself if that event is related to any patterns of behavior you can…

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