Neighbourhood Care: The nursing model where better care costs less - Buurtzorg
Jos de Blok started Buurtzorg in 2006 with one team of nurses and no managers. It now runs around 900. He says doing the right thing costs the system less.
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Neighbourhood Care: The nursing model where better care costs less - Buurtzorg
Jos de Blok started Buurtzorg in 2006 with one team of nurses and no managers. It now runs around 900. He says doing the right thing costs the system less.
Corporation tax: How you know if a company is good or bad, regardless of its size
The Fair Tax Foundation created the world's first Fair Tax Mark. Paul Monaghan and Jaime Boswell on why celebrating the companies getting tax right may do more than naming the ones that don't.
Making locally-grown organic food more accessible
Debbie and Kellie of Unicorn Grocery on chalking their prices next to Tesco's, giving before profit, funding their growers, and never opening a second shop.
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I wanted to share some ot the non-fiction and fiction books I've been reading recently, and would recommend to anyone who hasn't yet come across them.
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