The Culture lceberg Exercise David Mee-Lee, M.D. www. ch a n ge com p a n i es. nef Steven Schifi Ph.D. "Organizational Culture and Treatnent Implications". Presented at 30ft University of Californi4 San Diego (UCSD) Summer Clinical Institute in Addiction Studies, La Jolla, CA. August 1, 2001. The Culture lceberg is work of Dr. Steven Simoq Culture Change Consultants, Inc. 2005 Pabner Ave., #105 Larchmont, NY 10538 Phone: (914) 834-7686. www.culturechange.com The Culture lceberg Viqtisle Fpl,fttre Policies, Pracedur€s,\^ t Sym0ots, Rituafs 90% lnvisible Culture fforms Culture lceberg Exercise Goal: To identify hidden cultural nonns and essurnptions of yaur treatnent cutture 1. Draw a large iceberg on a piece of paper. Z. On the visibte portion of the iceberg, wrile down an aspect of your treatment cornmunlry that is problernatic. Be specific. 3. Below the water line, on the invisibfe portion of the iceberg, identify the unwrltten rule$ or norms that imp3cl tte problem. A good way to identffy such norms is to begin iryitn the woids, "lt's OK to...' aFld then complete the sentence. 4. Below the list af norrns, write down some heliefs or assurnptions that support the nsrrns. Use phrases that fl:*rt l\li- in with -Becaugg=--.'