The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World's Toughest Problems

by Richard Tanner Pascale, Jerry Sternin, Monique Sternin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1422110664
• ISBN13: 9781422110669
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"