The power of positive deviance
Subtitle: how improbable innovators solve the world's toughest problems
By: Richard T. Pascale, Jerry Sternin, Monique Sternin.
Contributors: Sternin, Jerry.; Sternin, Monique.
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781422110669
Subjects: Social problems; Problem solving -- Social aspects; Diffusion of innovations; Social change
Description: 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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