A week back Jon Richman, my colleague at a sister WPP agency, asked if I’d be interested in getting involved with a new project of his.  It took about ten seconds of reading over the idea to say, “Yes!”     Here’s what Jon is up to:

“I realized that it would be simple to bring together many of the people that could help fulfill some of these ideas and requests with those that need help. That’s why I created Healthy Thinkers.”

In a nutshell, Healthy Thinkers is about using doing some good for healthcare.  Jon is bringing people from all parts of the healthcare system together to see what we can do.  Through the site people can submit ideas, vote on them, ask for help with an idea, or comment on ideas or requests submitted.

One of the greatest parts of this is that it allows people who otherwise might be competing against each other to collaborate and actually try and do some good.  When you work in Pharma Marketing, most people think you are the devil.  Truth is there are a lot of us who want to use our powers for good.  I know that I’ve amassed a crazy amount of knowledge around the healthcare industry in just the few years I’ve been an insider.  I’m both amazed and terrified at by the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.

Idealism is good.  Idealism is even better when it’s matched with action.  It’s not enough to say, “we need to change things.”  You need to actually try!

Come join us over at HealthyThinkers and let’s see what we can do to improve healthcare for those who receive it and those who provide it!