Development of Schmidt Futures’ planning efforts for strategy, budget, organizational design, and talent management. Schmidt Futures is working with others across sectors not only to respond to the COVID-19 emergency but also to help prepare for the world ahead. Selection Process. Wendy Schmidt. Schmidt Futures is a philanthropic initiative, founded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, that seeks to improve societal outcomes through technology. “We assemble people, we listen to their ideas, and we follow the best ideas. Some efforts to highlight include: It’s a people-first strategy.” –Eric Schmidt, Schmidt Futures As a venture facility for public benefit, we help people do more for others by imagining what’s possible, applying advanced science and computing thoughtfully, and working together in networks across fields. ... Help test, drive, and scale smarter behavior by citizens and policy-makers. Schmidt Futures is working with others across sectors not only to respond to the COVID-19 emergency but also to help prepare for the world ahead. In May 2020, Eric and Schmidt Futures were selected by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to lead the state’s 16-member Blue Ribbon Commission, which will employ lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to improve and modernize state systems for the future.
119 likes. Some efforts to highlight include:, a web-based service that quickly matches workers displaced by COVID-19 to resources and jobs, especially in emerging supply chain holes ’ virtual command center to help child welfare agencies and foster youth navigate this crisisNo one can solve this crisis alone.
Some groups we would like to highlight include:, which has already recruited more than 70,000 members, built a repository of open medical supply designs, and created more than 400,000 items for global distribution, a digital service that aims to help people assess their COVID-19 risk, get guidance, and connect to care and services efforts to optimize an existing virus enrichment technique for SARS-CoV-2, with goal of improving detection 5-10XStanford professor Manu Prakash’s effort to develop reusable masks for health workers by Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, which is conducting research on both therapeutics and diagnostics, as well as creating connections between a broad variety of hospitals, clinics, and health care systems to further the research and delivery of clinical diagnosticsMayo Clinic, which is researching convalescent serum antibodies, serologic diagnostics, specimen archiving, and vaccine testingHelp test, drive, and scale smarter behavior by citizens and policy-makers.