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Author | : Richard Pascale, Sternin Jerry Sternin Monique |
Publisher | : Harvard Business Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2010-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1422110664 |
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. 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 an equal partner in these efforts and now heads the Positive Deviance Institute at Tufts University
Author | : Richard Pascale |
Publisher | : Harvard Business Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2010-06-16 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1422159310 |
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.
Author | : Richard T. Pascale |
Publisher | : Harvard Business School Press |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781422110669 |
Outlines a problem solving approach that replaces traditional ideas of power and authority with a method that allows individuals to discover answers for themselves.
Author | : Sara Parkin |
Publisher | : Earthscan |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1849776571 |
An economy low in carbon and high in life satisfaction will require thousands, if not millions of exceptional leaders. This book is the first to bring together sustainability knowledge with the leadership skills and tools to help you become one of those leaders. In it you will find everything you need to get started straight away, and to grow your effectiveness, even in a world that remains perversely intent on the opposite. Whether you are new to the whole idea of sustainability, or reasonably well informed but not entirely confident about what to do for the best, this guide will help you 'do' sustainability. Free of checklists and policy recommendations, the focus is on you, and on developing your capacity to identify the right thing to do wherever you are and whatever your circumstances. This is essential reading for those in or aspiring to sustainability-literate leadership, and a must for all those teaching leadership and management.
Author | : Arvind Singhal |
Publisher | : Save the Children Federation, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2010-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780615311418 |
Some girls in conflict-ridden Northern Uganda resort to transactional sex to have a mat to sleep on at night. And with the prospect of earning more money in a day than their parents might make in a month, many girls in East Java, Indonesia fall into work in the sex industry. Children face sexual exploitation worldwide, especially when they have little support to avoid them, have few skills that give them options, and little sense of their own value and possible alternative futures. The Positive Deviance approach to social change finds solutions to common problems in the behaviors of positive outliers-those who defy the worst odds in the face of seemingly intractable problems and present social proof that local and actionable solutions to those problems are equally available to their peers. This monograph documents two child protection projects implemented by Save the Children using the Positive Deviance approach.
Author | : Kim S. Cameron |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 1105 |
Release | : 2013-05-02 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0199989958 |
An ideal resource for organizational scholars, students, practitioners, and human resource managers, this handbook covers the full spectrum of organizational theories and outcomes that define, explain, and predict the occurrence, causes, and consequences of positivity.
Author | : Arvind Singhal |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-08-05 |
Genre | : Diffusion of innovation |
ISBN | : 9781453731642 |
This book will help healthcare professionals and social change agents rethink how they go about looking for solutions to tough problems and with how they interact with their staff and clientele. It is a must read for anyone that is searching for a new approach to tackling social problems. Inviting Everyone explains PD and provides tons of examples of PD techniques that can be modified and applied in situations and organizations across the globe."--pub. desc.
Author | : Kim S. Cameron |
Publisher | : Berrett-Koehler Publishers |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2012-08-06 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1609945662 |
This is a guide to positive climate, positive relationships, positive communication, and positive meaning and how to apply each of them in work.
Author | : William E. Thompson |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2016-08-08 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1118604598 |
This comprehensive and engaging textbook provides a fresh and sociologically-grounded examination of how deviance is constructed and defined and what it means to be classed a deviant. Covers an array of deviances, including sexual, physical, mental, and criminal, as well as deviances often overlooked in the literature, such as elite deviance, cyber-deviance, and deviant occupations Examines the popular notions and pseudoscientific explanations upon which the most pervasive myths surrounding deviance and deviants are founded Features an analytical through-line assessing the complex and multifaceted relationship between deviance and the media Enhanced with extensive pedagogical features, including a glossary of key terms, lists of specific learning outcomes in each chapter, and critical thinking questions designed to assess those outcomes Comprehensive instructor ancillaries include PowerPoint slides, a test bank for each chapter, instructor outlines, and sample activities and projects; a student study guide also is available
Author | : Anthony L Suchman |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2022-02-14 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1910227854 |
The challenge of transforming organizational culture is at the heart of many key movements in contemporary healthcare, and understanding culture change has become a core leadership competency. However, much current practice is based on antiquated and psychologically unsophisticated theories, leaving leaders inadequately prepared for the complex task of implementing change. Leading Change in Healthcare presents relationship-centered administration, an effective new evidence-based alternative to traditional culture change methodologies. It integrates fresh insights and methods from complexity science, positive psychology and relationship-centered care, enabling a more spontaneous and reflective approach to change management. This fosters greater organizational awareness and real participation, as well as improved productivity and creativity, as well as staff recruitment and retention. Case studies drawn from primary care, hospitals, long-term care, professional education, international NGOs and other settings, rather than emphasizing the end results, are demonstrations of how to apply relationship-centered administration in everyday practice. Leading Change in Healthcare is a key resource for all practitioners, students and teachers of healthcare management, medical educators, and leaders in all areas of healthcare provision. 'We need a new way of seeing, a new way of leading - and the authors provide a clear guide and resources for the path ahead. Leading Change in Healthcare offers hope - and a method. A daily dose is just what the change doctor ordered.' from the Foreword by Carol Aschenbrener.