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Iceberg Model Template for Layered Analysis Workshops
Use this iceberg template to lead a workshop that moves from a visible event to explanations worth testing. The eight-slide presentation follows an explicitly illustrative late-handoff case: separate observations from explanations, read four layers, ask evidence-led questions, map evidence and assign targeted checks. Events, patterns, structures and mental models have distinct labels; the deeper explanations remain hypotheses. An evidence-status table and a question–method–owner table connect discussion to follow-up. Ice-white panels, deep ocean blue, large dark headings and iceberg imagery carry the waterline metaphor through the deck. A four-step prompt sequence supports facilitators, consultants and project teams, while the closing cards ask for an observed event, an explanation to test, an owner and a check date. Among diagram presentation templates, this PowerPoint file focuses on evidence discipline. Download the English PPTX; a Google Slides conversion entry is available. Website translations do not translate the slides.
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Iceberg model analysis workshop
A workshop cover introduces the iceberg model and an example scenario about late handoffs.
- • Layered analysis workshop
- • Example scenario: late handoffs
Separate observations from explanations
An illustrative four-week case reports 12 late handoffs out of 20. Two possible explanations are marked unconfirmed, with a proposed review of five late handoffs.
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Read the four analysis layers
The example distinguishes events, patterns, structures and mental models, with patterns to check and deeper explanations labeled as hypotheses.
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Turn assumptions into evidence-led questions
Four connected prompt cards move from what happened to recurring patterns, enabling structures and possible beliefs. Each prompt has a separate evidence question.
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Map evidence to each iceberg layer
An example table maps late handoffs, review-stage clustering, split ownership and speed over clarity to four layers and their evidence status.
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Test the example explanations
A question–method–owner table proposes reviewing five late handoffs and comparing five briefs to investigate acceptance ownership and shared criteria.
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Keep the analysis honest
Four principles distinguish observation from explanation, encourage disconfirming evidence, reject exact iceberg-percentage inferences and call for hypothesis updates.
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Choose the next useful conversation
The workshop closes with three actions: name an observed event, choose an explanation to test and assign an owner and a check date.
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Best for
- Facilitate a four-layer iceberg-model analysis of a recurring team problem.
- Present a late-handoff example while separating observations from unconfirmed explanations.
- Map available evidence to events, patterns, structures and mental models.
- Plan focused hypothesis checks with a method and a responsible owner.
- Close a project retrospective with an event, a testable explanation and a follow-up date.
Who this template is for
- Workshop facilitators
- Organizational development consultants
- Project managers
- Business process analysts
- Team leads running retrospectives
Features of this template+
- Eight English 16:9 slides linking a worked example to evidence checks and follow-up.
- Four-layer iceberg labels for events, patterns, structures and mental models.
- Evidence-status table distinguishes observed information, items to check and hypotheses.
- Question–method–owner table turns two example explanations into targeted review tasks.
- Iceberg imagery, ocean-blue backgrounds and translucent white cards repeat a clear waterline motif.
- Four evidence principles and three closing actions reinforce careful interpretation.
