You know when you pick up a book that was recommended as a business book because you tried to read something fictional and you just couldn’t get into it, but it turns out that business book is actually just a whole allegory told as the story of penguins? Yeah, I didn’t either.
The book follows a group of penguins as they discover that the iceberg they call home may not survive the winter. It starts with one, Fred, who finds the problem, and then spirals as he finds people to help figure out a solution to the problem, resulting int he penguins changing their whole way of life as they get buy in from more and more of the colony and deal with the detractors. And the whole thing is an allegory for how to approach change management within a company.
I thought it was fantastic, honestly. Not everything is going to translate one to one to an actual organization and it does paint a somewhat ideal version of how things could end up going, but overall I thought it was a pretty effective way to get the message across in a way that wasn’t as bland or overly “This is the only way to do it and I am the only one is right”-ish as many of the books I read do it. It really was a lot more showing than telling, which I appreciate, and illustrating how this whole thing could happen.
If you’re looking for a bit of a business book that is honestly a lot more effective than other books out there, definitely check this one out. It’s pretty great, informative, and also has some really lovely illustrations throughout it.