How to Scale Ebola in 50 Countries

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In April, the systems we'd worked with the government to produce meant less than 48 hours for it to be detected. "I can energize people by helping them celebrate," she says of Ebola response in 50 countries. Writing that book helped her come to accept a space where you can actually enjoy the learning curve.

Renowned surgeon Atul Gawande spends his days in the operating theater and his nights writing articles for The New Yorker and bestselling books like Being Mortal. Today on the show, he tells our curator Adam Grant how he balances his passions for different fields, why he works with a coach, and how he's helping the White House end our current pandemic — and prevent the next one.

This is an episode of ReThinking with Adam Grant from the TED Audio Collective. For more episodes on how great minds don't think alike, follow ReThinking wherever you're listening to this.

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