Positive Deviance Audit
An emerging diagnostic offer for organisations that want to understand where unusual positive outcomes may already be happening and what conditions support them.
Status: this is an emerging support area. Any delivery should be shaped with partners, local context, safeguarding expectations and realistic evidence standards.
What this could help with
- Clarifying the practical question an organisation is trying to answer.
- Choosing suitable frameworks from the Positively Devious library.
- Designing workshops, audits, field notes or learning conversations.
- Producing practical next steps without overclaiming certainty.
How the work should be grounded
- Start with source-led frameworks and local knowledge.
- Include young people or affected communities where decisions concern them.
- Document limits, assumptions and open questions.
- Avoid making promises about outcomes before evidence exists.