Adaptive Positive Deviance

Literacy, Complexity, and Community

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admin2020-07-13T13:03:23-04:00Adaptive Positive Deviance, Catalyzing Conversations & Webinars, Education|

Living in Complexity: Stories Today and Yesterday

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Prucia Buscell2019-11-29T17:34:22-05:00Adaptive Positive Deviance, Case Studies, Catalyzing Stories Project|

Solve Tough Problems With Adaptive Positive Deviance

A New Book from Plexus Unexpected Gifts: Solve Tough Problems with Adaptive Positive Deviance Is your community struggling with overwhelming obstacles? Do community members have clashing beliefs, fractious rivalries or cultural incompatibilities? Is there dissension about deployment of scarce resources? Does your organization face barriers that threaten its immediate survival and sustainable future in an uncertain world? Adaptive Positive Deviance offers a powerful way to engage the attention and energies of the very people who know the challenges and often [...]

admin2017-11-20T20:24:37-05:00Adaptive Positive Deviance, Books|

What is Adaptive Positive Deviance?

Adaptive Positive Deviance is a powerful way to make big improvements through small (and maybe a few large) changes. For over a decade, Plexus Institute has helped guide organizations and communities to see, understand and address the "sticky" and complex issues hampering success. Plexus's work emphasizes practical methods and practices that are based on principles of complexity to disrupt the status quo and find solutions. Adaptive Positive Deviance (APD) The Adaptive Positive Deviance framework is a powerful Catalyst to help [...]

admin2017-08-15T18:03:20-04:00Adaptive Positive Deviance, Complexity Matters Posts|