Positive deviance tells us that in every community or organization, there are some individuals or groups (the ‘positive deviants’), whose uncommon behaviors enable them to find better solutions to the problem. I find positive deviance is both simple and complex since it has to do with the identification of people who manage to expand in a situation where most fail, finding out what those people are doing that is different from the majority, and then getting everyone to engage in the same actions, so solving the problem. Our traditional philosophy tells that knowledge changes attitudes and attitudes change practice. Positive deviance reverses that. It starts with changing practice. As people see that changes make a difference, their attitude changes and they internalize the knowledge. This book shows a process how to change the direction of the attention from “what’s wrong” to “what’s right” – observable exceptions that succeed “against all odds.” In my opinion, this book is a manual for change initiatives and combined with “Switch” can help in changing behavior and even cultural habits itself, so these techniques can improve the study of different business markets.
I agree with you Erisa,
ReplyDeleteMost of the people who are part of the Positive Deviance act in unusual situations and manners through unusual methods to find the answers for many questions. Moreover I would like to emphasize that most of these people in a way or another use their capabilities to achieve the best necessary results being the "Purple cows".
Ortenca Tuci(OTU)
I believe that without that power the society would be lost. These kind of people are necessary to make the difference. The book itself treats them this way and they sometimes do the change without getting things for them self...........
ReplyDeleteWithout that kind of people the world it nay be cisidered black and white , sure that thay make the diffrence.These are those kind of people who makes me belive in something like the god trust,and completes me with positvity.
ReplyDeleteHi Erisa,
ReplyDeleteThe power of PD is an important factor and that luckily they are even organization supporting this kind of momevement. As an example I would like to talk about the floody water in Shkodra, we saw that a lot of help coming from all around Albania. This is good because no matter what, people have inside a good feeling to help another human being who is in difficulty. The help can be on different forms but is good when the person in bad days feel and see someone who is helping and make him pass the situation on easier way.
I want to close with a phrase. When you share a good news it gets double when you share a bad moment it becomes half of its size.
Br, Anri