Positive Deviance

A detailed description, practice examples, and step-by-step approaches method to creating functional social and organizational systems. Through the use of advanced group mentorship Positive Deviance brings about profound shifts.

In his own words, Jerry Sternin, widely known as “the father of Positive Deviance,” explains the story of how an acute crisis led him to the practice of Positive Deviance (PD), and propelled him over a 12 year period to develop and amplify the approach which has enabled communities of more than 2.2 million people in Viet Nam to sustain the reduction of childhood malnutrition and has been replicated in 24 other countries around the world.  This article includes a step-by step approach to positive deviance, a formula for positive deviance, exceptional stories of change within societies, and a “how-to” approach to positive deviance that could be applied within organizations, institutions, or your own society.