We Are Walking on a Trampoline Richard Pascale, Jerry Sternin, Monique Sternin

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

Positive Deviance An approach to behavioral and social change

The Mehrabian Myth The New Science of Building Great Teams ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Deep-rooted social and health challenges often seem insurmountable in communities worldwide. Positive Deviance (PD), a strategy born from a nutrition project in Vietnam, illuminates the power of outlier practices to combat such issues. Valuing local wisdom and … Continue reading Positive Deviance An approach to behavioral and social change