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Big Problems + Small Interventions = Big Change ODNetwork February 27, 2008 Lisa Kimball

Big Problems + Small Interventions = Big Change ODNetwork February 27, 2008 Lisa Kimball Group Jazz. Monique Sternin Positive Deviance Initiative. The P o w e r of Positive Deviance. Solutions before our very eyes. The Premise:.

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Big Problems + Small Interventions = Big Change ODNetwork February 27, 2008 Lisa Kimball

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  1. Big Problems + Small Interventions = Big Change ODNetwork February 27, 2008 Lisa Kimball Group Jazz Monique Sternin Positive Deviance Initiative

  2. The P o w e rof Positive Deviance Solutions before our very eyes The Premise: In every community there are certain individuals whose uncommon practices/behaviors enable them to find better solutions to problems than their neighbors who have access to the same resources

  3. Positive Deviance (PD) Approach • The very people “whose behavior needs to change to solve the problem”identify existing solutions from within • Thereby suppressing the “immune rejection response”

  4. Positive Deviance Inquiry Establishes community behavioral norms related to the problem to be addressed Enables community to discover successful uncommonbehaviors/ strategies practiced by the Positive Deviants

  5. Analyzing PD Findings PDI findings are passed through a conceptual “accessibility sieve” PD Behaviors Behaviors Behaviors Only those behaviors/strategies accessible to all are kept Accessible to All The rest are “TBU,” True but Useless (i.e. not accessible to all) and are discarded

  6. MRSA Prevention & Eradication

  7. PD Focus on Practice Rather than Knowledge “It’s easier to ACT your way into a new way of THINKING, than to THINK your way into a new way of ACTING”

  8. PD Enables us to Act TODAY Although most problems have complex, interlinked underlying causes . . . The presence of Positive Deviants demonstrates that it is possible to find successful solutions TODAY before all the underlying causes are addressed!

  9. Traditional vs PD Problem Solving Approach PD Flows from identification and analysis of successful solution to problem solving Traditional Flows from problem analysis towards solution Actual Problem Parameters Fixed Solution Space Actual Problem Parameters Expanded Solution Space Expanded Solution Space Perceived Problem Parameters Perceived Problem Parameters Perceived Problem Parameters Actual Problem Parameters

  10. PD - Complex Adaptive System Through addressing a discrete part of a complex problem (.. a fractal of the whole) … we impact all the underlying structural issues.

  11. PD: Crossing The “Knowledge/Behavior Change Gap” • Social proof • Perceived advantage • Opportunity for practice Behavior change Knowledge

  12. TRADITIONAL Externally Fueled (by “experts” or internal authority) Top-down, Outside-in Deficit Based “What’s wrong here?” Begins with analysis of underlying causes of PROBLEM Solution Space limited by perceivedproblem parameters Triggers Immune System “defense response” POSITIVE DEVIANCE Internally Fueled (by “people like us”, same culture and resources) Down-up, Inside-out Asset Based “What’s right here?” Begins with analysis of demonstrably successful SOLUTIONS Solution Space enlarged through discovery of actual parameters Bypasses Immune System (solution shares same “DNA” as host) Contrasting Approaches Adapted from Jerry Sternin

  13. When to use the PD approach • Problem requires behavioral or/and social change (adaptive challenges versus technical challenges) • Seemingly “intractable” problem – compelling enough to require a new approach • Presence of Positive Deviants (individuals/ groups exhibiting desired outcome) • Leadership commitment to address issue : “PD champions” • Skilled facilitation

  14. PD & The Diffusion of Innovation Life-Cycle Communityparticipatesin discovery of innovation Thereby jumping the “early adopters/early majority” chasm Geoffrey A Moore. Crossing the Chasm.

  15. PD ~ a Network Phenomenon 2005 2007 VA Pittsburgh

  16. D&A Dialogues • What do you know/think about ________? • What do YOU do about ______________? • What keeps you from doing that all the time? • Who/Where have you seen overcome those barriers? • What other ideas do you have about removing barriers? (or supporting desired behavior) • What has to happen next to make that happen? • Who will do what when next?

  17. Current Applications of Positive Deviance

  18. Contact Lisa Kimball lisa@groupjazz.com Monique Sternin Monique_sternin@hotmail.com http://www.groupjazz.com http://plexusinstitute.org http://positivedeviance.org

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