The power of positive deviance : how unlikely innovators solve the world's toughest problems

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Title:

The power of positive deviance : how unlikely innovators solve the world's toughest problems

Author:

Pascale, Richard T.

ISBN:

9781422110669

Personal Author:

Pascale, Richard T.

Publication Information:

Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press, c2010.

Physical Description:

xvi, 231 p. ; 25 cm.

Series:

Leadership for the common good

Leadership for the common good.

Contents:

Introduction: against all odds --Childhood malnutrition in Vietnam: from peril to possibility -- Female circumcision in Egypt: reconciling tradition and change -- Hospital infections: acting into a new way of thinking -- Early wins, squandered gains: pioneering the PD process at Merck -- Girl soldiers: reintegrating outcasts -- Infant mortality: the way to change a community (is not to engage in community change) -- Nature's way: invisible in plain sight.

Subject Term:

Social problems.

Problem solving -- Social aspects.

Diffusion of innovations.

Social change.

Added Author:

Sternin, Jerry.

Sternin, Monique.

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Summary

Think of the toughest problems in your organization or community. What if they'd already been solved and you didn't even know it?

In The Power of Positive Deviance, the authors present a counterintuitive new approach to problem-solving. Their advice? Leverage positive deviants--the few individuals in a group who find unique ways to look at, and overcome, seemingly insoluble difficulties. By seeing solutions where others don't, positive deviants spread and sustain needed change.

With vivid, firsthand stories of how positive deviance has alleviated some of the world's toughest problems (malnutrition in Vietnam, staph infections in hospitals), the authors illuminate its core practices, including:

· Mobilizing communities to discover "invisible" solutions in their midst

· Using innovative designs to "act" your way into a new way of thinking instead of thinking your way into a new way of acting

· Confounding the organizational "immune response" seeking to sustain the status quo

Inspiring and insightful, The Power of Positive Deviance unveils a potent new way to tackle the thorniest challenges in your own company and community.