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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Pascale, Richard T.     Subjects     Social problems.     Problem solving -- Social aspects.     Diffusion of innovations.     Social change.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Pascale, Richard T.       by title:      The power of positiv...       by call number:      362.0425 P278p     Search the Web     Pascale, Richard T.     Social problems.     Problem solving -- Social aspects.     Diffusion of innovations.     Social change.       MARC Display

The power of positive deviance : how unlikely innovators solve the world's toughest problems / Richard T. Pascale, Jerry Sternin and Monique Sternin. by Pascale, Richard T. Harvard Business Press, c2010. Call #: 362.0425 P278p Subjects Social problems.   Problem solving -- Social aspects.   Diffusion of innovations.   Social change. Series Leadership for the common good. ISBN:  9781422110669 (hc.) 1422110664 (hc.) Alternate title:  Positive deviance : how unlikely innovators solve the world's toughest problems Description:  xvi, 231 p. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-214) and index. Contents:  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. Summary:  Outlines a problem solving approach that replaces traditional ideas of power and authority with a method that allows individuals to discover answers for themselves. Other authors:  Sternin, Jerry. Sternin, Monique. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 362.0425 P278p Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 362.0425 P278p Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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