This is the story of positive deviance  . . . the story of how a simple, counterintuitive approach transformed the lives of children suffering from malnutrition, empowered their families, and changed the way that aid agencies work all over the world. 

In this episode, that story and how it provides hope for all of us facing intractable societal problems.

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Heath, C., & Heath, D. (2010). Switch: how to change things when change is hard. Broadway Books.

Positive Deviance Collaborative. (2018, April 14). The Vietnam story: 25 years later. Positive Deviance Collaborative. https://positivedeviance.org/case-studies-all/2018/4/16/the-vietnam-story-25-years-later

Wikipedia Contributors. (2024, April 9). Positive deviance. Wikipedia; Wikimedia Foundation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_deviance