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Lewis Thomas

Under One Roof: What Can we Learn from the Mayo Clinic?

The Mayo Clinic is one of the top-rated hospitals in the US and enjoys remarkable success. In this post, we consider the reasons for the Mayo Clinic’s success and what we can learn from it to apply to …

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Lewis Thomas on our Social Nature and “Getting the Air Right”

“What it needs is for the air to be made right. If you want a bee to make honey, you do not issue protocols on solar navigation or carbohydrate chemistry, you put him together with other bees …

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