About Positively Devious
Positively Devious is an emerging resource hub for people who want to understand how positive deviance, youth power, trusted relationships and community infrastructure can support better youth and place-based work.
What exists now
The current public site is a source-led foundation: a framework library, practical guides, comparison pages and tools. It is designed to be useful before any proprietary Positively Devious model is claimed as complete.
What it is trying to become
Over time, Positively Devious can become a distinctive synthesis: a practical way to help organisations notice uncommon positive practice, develop young leaders, build trusted adult ecosystems and learn from community assets without ignoring structural barriers.
Editorial standards
- Attribute source frameworks and avoid implying ownership of other people's work.
- Use plain English so beginners can act on the ideas.
- Name limitations and avoid unsupported claims.
- Focus on usefulness, safety and learning.