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Indonesian positive deviance link to Woodward Lewis!
Whilst doing some research on what is going on in the world of positive deviance, we were really delighted to find that some of our blog posts have been reproduced on the website of the Positive Deviance Resource Centre, Faculty of Public Health of the University of Indonesia. Positive deviance is extensively used across Indonesia. [...]
Complexity, positive deviance and pecha-kucha in Paris
Attended another great meeting of the Change Leaders, the alumni group of the Coaching and Consulting for Change programme of Oxford University and HEC Paris. The group is growing, cohort by cohort, and we are getting world-leading speakers. In this case, we had the privilege of Margaret Wheatley‘s presence for a whole day, in which [...]
Positive deviance featured in Guardian Public Leaders Network
Our work in Cambridgeshire features in the Guardian’s public leaders networks blog. Simon Kerss, the Cambridgeshire Domestic Abuse Partnership Manager, speaks about his experience of working with PD to “devictimise” survivors of domestic abuse. http://www.guardian.co.uk/public-leaders-network/blog/2012/mar/29/positive-deviance-tackle-domestic-violence PD provides a powerful way of changing relationships and empowering community members to take action and build confidence. In turn, [...]
Workshops in Cambridge and at NHS Institute
We’ve had a busy couple of weeks with workshops. Sue Ritchie, of MutualGain, and Jane Lewis ran an introduction to using positive deviance for behaviour change for a group of officers and members in Cambridgeshire. This was provided under the auspices of the NESTA Creative Councils initiative, and Involve, the leading community engagement consultancy. The [...]
Positive feedback about Positively Deviant
The webinar with Involve and Sue Ritchie of MutualGain received a warm welcome from participants – “great, really inspiring webinar” was one comment in the “chat” box. You can see the tweets, listen to a recording and view the slides on the Involve blog by following this link: http://www.involve.org.uk/webinar-positively-deviant/ . Jane Lewis and Sue Ritchie [...]
Webinar with Involve – Friday 2nd March 12.00 – 1.30
We’re delighted to be working with Sue Ritchie of MutualGain again, this time on a webinar for Involve, the community engagement specialists. Called “Positively Deviant”, it explains what positive deviance is and how it has delivered exceptional results in solving intractable community problems. We will be talking about why it is different from other community [...]
Workshop – optimising social value through PD – 27th March
Southwark Council are kindly hosting a workshop for us on 27th March 2012. Featuring speakers from recent UK positive deviance exercises in Cambridge and Peckham, this workshop shows how PD works, and optimises the social value of funds invested in it, to: De-victimise vulnerable people and put them on a path forward Raise community awareness [...]
PD recommended to Home Secretary
The report on the Home Office pilot project is to be presented to the Home Secretary and other Home Office ministers, before being placed on the Home Office’s new best practice website. We’ve had very positive feedback on the report itself and on the project – “a very good report that gives a really clear [...]
Updating our strategy
On Tuesday 10th January, the whole Woodward Lewis team was joined by Dr Keith Ruddle, associate fellow of both Said Business School and Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. Keith has kindly agreed to be a member of our advisory panel. Together, we worked through what we have learned during 2011, especially from the Home [...]
Warm welcome for Positive Deviance at Asian Fire Services Association Conference
Jane Lewis and Sue Ritchie of Mutual Gain were invited to speak at the Asian Fire Service Association Conference on 17th and 18th November. Its theme was about making inclusion and human rights more than a tick-box exercise. Its organiser, Shanti Waas of Hampshire Fire and Rescue Services, had learned about PD at an LGID [...]