The power of positive deviance : how unlikely innovators solve the world's toughest problems / Richard T. Pascale, Jerry Sternin, Monique Sternin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pascale, Richard T., author.

Sternin, Jerry, author.

Sternin, Monique, author.

Series:

Leadership for the common good The power of positive deviance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social problems.

Problem solving--Social aspects.

Problem solving.

Diffusion of innovations.

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business School Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

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

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781422159316

1422159310