Gurteen Knowledge Blog December 8, 2020, 12:50Several conspiracy theories are circulating about Bill Gates, such as the microchip conspiracy theory. Astonishingly, a YouGov poll of 1,640 people suggests that 28% of Americans believe that he wants to use vaccines to implant microchips in people. To gain some idea of the diversity of opinion about him – … Continue reading Is Bill Gates a Force for Good or Evil? Bill Gates and conspiracy theories
Unintended consequences get to the heart of why you never really understand an adaptive problem until you have solved it. Problems morph and “solutions” often point to deeper problems. In social life, as in nature, we are walking on a trampoline. Every inroad reconfigures the environment we tread on. Credit: The Power of Positive Deviance … Continue reading We Are Walking on a Trampoline Richard Pascale, Jerry Sternin, Monique Sternin
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We talk incessantly about “fixing things”, “solving problems” and “solutions to problems.” Marketers love the word “solution”. For simple, even complicated problems, there are solutions. But is it really possible to solve complex problems? There are no solutions to complex problems. There are always unforeseen or unintended consequences. In other words, there are side effects. … Continue reading There Are No Solutions to Complex Problems Just an endless series of responses
Positive Deviance (PD) is an approach to behavioral and social change based on the observation that there are individuals or groups of people in every community whose behaviors and strategies enable them to find better solutions to problems than their peers even though they have access to the same resources and face similar challenges. In … Continue reading Positive Deviance An approach to behavioral and social change