Training
Positive Deviance (PD) facilitators are individuals who have experience training organizations in the PD approach in a given sector, have implemented a PD informed project or have carried out participatory action research using the PD concept. To learn more about PD facilitation, hear the Voices from the Field.
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Nobuyuki Ota is a Partner at Valeocon Management Consulting with expertise in applying Positive Deviance to the private sector. He has worked with PD Japan in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region and has been applying the Positive Deviance approach for over four years.
Angela Sims is a consultant with experience in the public sector, communities, and not-for-profit. She has worked primarily in the United Kingdom with Woodward Lewis and Hidden Insights while applying the positive deviance approach for over thirteen years.
Lars Thuesen is a PD consultant with 10 years of experience specialized in the justice, social, and humanitarian sector, among many others. He is involved with UN agencies, local authorities, and government sectors.
Tamotsu Ito is an organizer of the Positive Deviance Japan Network as well as a Master Black Belt of Six-Sigma with over 7 years of experience with the PD approach. His areas of expertise include the private sector and welfare for people living with dementia.