Positive Deviants

Monday, 30 November 2009, 12:25 | Category : Coaching, Community, Social Change, Uncategorized
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I really love this term. It seems to hold contradiction in itself, as our (at least my own) conception of deviants is usually a negative one! To deviate, however, simply means to do differently. So ask the question – where is someone doing something different that has a positive impact? Here is a lovely article [...]

Unlock Capacity and Capital

Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 11:04 | Category : Community, Field Building, Social Change
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I had a wild brainstorm last night. I wish I could share all of it with you. I was pattern finding in history to get a sense of the convergence of shifts we are experiencing. And I was sensing that what goes beyond post-modernism, from what I can see, is a pragmatic humanism. In this, [...]