I learned of a new concept: positive deviance.

I learned about it via Aishwarya Khanduja's phenomenal blog: https://www.aishwaryadoingthings.com/the-whole-is-greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts

Another great article: https://www.aishwaryadoingthings.com/from-physics-envy-to-biology-envy

From Wikipedia's article:

Positive deviance (PD) is an approach to behavioral and social change. It is based on the idea that, within a community, some individuals engage in unusual behaviors allowing them to solve problems better than others who face similar challenges, despite not having additional resources or knowledge. These individuals are referred to as positive deviants

Positive deviance is positive noise in a system.

A system that has lots of positive deviance within it is antifragile: it will get stronger from stress.