Resilience
By Design
Calling Change Makers Everywhere!
Join us in developing solutions for some of the lasting social and economic challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic
While many current efforts are focused on short term medical solutions, ongoing social distancing
measures will lead to severe long-term economic and social issues throughout our society. This
innovation challenge is focused on helping to design solutions that address these longer term
impacts and help ensure everyone is able to make it through this crisis together.
Challenge Areas
Facilitating Economic Continuity
How might we support small businesses during periods of social distancing?
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How might we assist individuals who recently lost jobs during their unemployment?
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How might we ensure safety of essential workers and keep them essentially supplied?
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How might we support individuals to make smart financial decisions to weather the crisis?
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How might we enable virtual employee onboarding and teambuilding?
Supporting Communities at Risk
How might we support the elderly to deal with the challenges of isolation?
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How might we support homeless individuals with their basic needs and healthcare?
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How might we ensure equitable access to COVID-19 testing and health support for undocumented individuals?
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How might we ensure proper health and timely legal resources for prison and jail populations?
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How might we support people in abusive situations during shelter-in-place?
Why Participate
Receive coaching from challenge-area experts and faculty
Connect with potential partners to make your proposed solution a reality
Join as a team or be matched with a diverse mix of students, faculty, and alumni.
No prior experience or pre-formed idea necessary for participation. Whether you’re just
interested in finding ways to help or already working on a potential solution, the innovation
challenge provides a platform for you to collaborate and make an impact.
Who
​Anyone can join! We especially welcome Stanford students, faculty, staff and community
Apply
APPLY AS AN INDIVIDUAL: If you register as an individual, we will match you on an
interdisciplinary team based on your preferred challenge topic. We ask that individual
applicants have a Stanford University affiliation.
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APPLY AS A TEAM (up to 4 participants): At least one team member should be affiliated
with the Stanford community.
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Application deadline: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 (11:59 PM PST)
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Interested in serving as a team adviser or organizational partner?
Reach out to us: gsb_sic-leadership@stanford.edu
Agenda
Please note: You are not required to be present synchronously in all the sessions. All expert sessions will be recorded and uploaded. Once teams are confirmed, you are free to utilize the time as you see fit to work on your problem space and submit your concept by the deadline. Worksheets, tutorials, and design frameworks will also be provided to guide you through the process. Suggested synchronous sessions marked with an asterisk*.
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Day 1: Thursday, April 16 2020
7.00 PM - 8.30 PM PST
Launch*
Meet your Team*
Day 2: Friday, April 17 2020
8.00AM-8.00 PM PST
Researching your problem space
Challenge area expert sessions
Check-ins with design coaches
Virtual Networking*
Day 3: Saturday, April 18 2020
8.00AM-8.00 PM PST
Ideation and Prototyping
Faculty expert sessions
Check-ins with design coaches
Day 4: Sunday, April 19 2020
8.00AM-4.00 PM PST
Final Concept submission
Wrap up and Celebration*
Day 5: Monday April 20 2020
Evening PST (TBD)
Live Presentation of high potential concepts to judges
