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The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World´s Toughest Problems
Richard T. Pascale
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Description for The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World´s Toughest Problems
Hardback. Shows the phenomenal success of the positive-deviance approach in alleviating some of the world's toughest, most complicated and diverse problems such as malnutrition in Vietnam, female circumcision in Egypt (a practice dating back thousands of years), and the rise of MRSA infections in hospitals around the world. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JKS; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
485g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781422110669
SKU
V9781422110669
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About Richard T. Pascale
Richard Pascale is an associate fellow of Templeton College, Oxford University, and author or coauthor of numerous books, including Managing on the Edge, Surfing the Edge of Chaos, and The Art of Japanese Management. Jerry Sternin was the world's leading expert in the application of positive deviance as a tool for addressing social and behavioral change. Monique Sternin has been ... Read more
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