One such idea is colloidal silver, which works but isn't patentable for human consumption because it isn't FDA-approved.

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"You need management that is comfortable giving up some say, and let's face it, human nature isn't all programmed that way, " says Ed Lawler, a management professor and director of the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business.

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