Pascale, Richard T. <br/><br/>
The power of positive deviance :  how unlikely innovators solve the world's toughest problems / 
 Positive deviance 
Richard T. Pascale, Jerry Sternin, Monique Sternin. 
 - Boston, Mass. :  Harvard Business Press,  (c)2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xvi, 231 pages) 
 - Leadership for the common good .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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 in Uganda: reintegrating outcasts --  Infant mortality: the way to change a community (is not to engage in community change) --  Nature's way: invisible in plain sight. 
<br/><br/> Outlines a problem solving approach that replaces traditional ideas of power and authority with a method that allows individuals to discover answers for themselves. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781422159316 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social problems.<br/>Problem solving--Social aspects.<br/>Diffusion of innovations.<br/>Social change.<br/>Problem solving.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN18  / .P694 2010