Editorial: Find the 'Bright Spots'

摘要

In 1990 an organizer with Save the Children went to Vietnam to help fight malnutrition. The government told him, "You have six months to make a difference." An impossible task. Undaunted, he went to rural villages and asked local mothers to help him weigh every child in the village. He visited poor families with well nourished kids and learned what those successful mothers did. Then he worked with the high-performing mothers to spread their practices to families with malnourished children. What was the organizer's improvement strategy? To find the "bright spots," learn from them, and arrange for the bright spots to illuminate the dark corners.