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 ofCaliforni4 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 PabnerAve., #105 Larchmont, NY 10538 Phone: (914) 834-7686. www.culturechange.com

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Culture lceberg ExerciseGoal: To identify hidden cultural nonns

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1. Draw a large iceberg on a piece of paper.

Z. On the visibte portion of the iceberg, wrile down an aspectof your treatment cornmunlry that is problernatic. Bespecific.

3. Below the water line, on the invisibfe portion of the iceberg,identify the unwrltten rule$ or norms that imp3cl tteproblem. A good way to identffy such norms is to beginiryitn the woids, "lt's OK to...' aFld then complete thesentence.

4. Below the list af norrns, write down some heliefs orassurnptions that support the nsrrns. Use phrases that

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