WhyTheHeck

Al Lewis is not related to the Al Lewis who played Grandpa Munster. He doesn’t even look like Grandpa. Quite the contrary, he is so much taller than the other Al Lewis, or for that matter than most other garden variety human beings, that with surprisingly little makeup he could pass for Herman. Another important distinction is that this Al Lewis still has a pulse (52 bpm). Finally, the other Al Lewis never had a blog as successful as ThinkOOB. ThinkOOB, America’s Marketplace of Ideas™, is the #1 economic idea generation blog in the country, having generated more national and local media coverage than every other similar blog combined. ThinkOOB became the #1 economic idea generation blog partly because it has generated over a million gross impressions and partly because there aren’t any others. ThinkOOB is unique not just in specializing in idea generation, but in offering a $1 million prize for the first idea to “graduate” from the website to national policy. Mr. Lewis also has a background in idea generation himself, having been widely credited with the invention of chronic disease management, which is now in use at almost every health plan in the country. His current “day job” is also in disease management, www.dismgmt.com. Previously, he taught economics at Harvard, and he has run several mid-sized health care companies, including one that didn’t go bankrupt. He also believes in upholding the highest standards of integrity, because adults should set a good example for children. So even if you google him until he’s blue in the face, you won’t find any priors.