The Power of Positive Deviance : How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World"s Toughest Problems by Richard Pascale (Author) , Jerry Sternin (Author) , Monique Sternin (Author) Format:Hardback 256 pages Publisher:Harvard Business Review Press Imprint:Harvard Business Review Press ISBN:9781422110669 Published:16 Jun 2010 Classifications:Management & management techniques Readership:Professional & Vocational Weight:486g Dimensions:245 x 167 x 23 (mm) Pub. Country:United States ... 展开完整描述 ▼
The Power of Positive Deviance : How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World"s Toughest Problems
by Richard Pascale (Author) , Jerry Sternin (Author) , Monique Sternin (Author)
Format:Hardback 256 pages
Publisher:Harvard Business Review Press
Imprint:Harvard Business Review Press
ISBN:9781422110669
Published:16 Jun 2010
Classifications:Management & management techniques
Readership:Professional & Vocational
Weight:486g
Dimensions:245 x 167 x 23 (mm)
Pub. Country:United States
For sale in: All countries
Description
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.
