Almost always, great new ideas don't emerge from within a single person or function, but at the intersection of functions or people that have never met before.
Diabetes is a great example whereby, giving the patient the tools, you can manage yourself very well.
A great book seeks to explain causality, not correlation. It works to point out the circumstances in which it works, and where it doesn't. And in so doing, it is broadly applicable.
Universities think people come up with great ideas by closing the door. The academic tenure process, where you have to publish to journals which are very narrow, stands in the way of great research.