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The power of positive deviance : how unlikely innovators solve the world's toughest problems / Richard T. Pascale, Jerry Sternin, Monique Sternin.

Author: Pascale, Richard T.

Imprint:Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press, c2010.

Descriptionxvi, 231 p. ; 25 cm.

Note: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: reintegrating outcasts -- Infant mortality: the way to change a community (is not to engage in community change) -- Nature's way: invisible in plain sight.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-214) and index.



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Author:
Pascale, Richard T.
Title:
Positive deviance
Series Statement
Leadership for the common good
Subject:
Social problems.
Problem solving -- Social aspects.
Diffusion of innovations.
Social change.
Contributor
Sternin, Jerry.
Sternin, Monique.