George Goldsmith

Activist, Brainstormer, Business leader, Change agent, Connector, Designer, Entrepreneur, Explorer, Investor, Parent, Photographer, Potential employer, Startup, World traveler

George Goldsmith has spent most of his life creating companies that help people work across the different boundaries that separate us as individuals and organizations. His early training and experience was a multi-disciplinary blending of cognitive psychology, clinical psychology and computer science. He is co-founder and chairman of COMPASS Pathways – a health care company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health and wellbeing. He is also chairman and founder of Tapestry Networks, an organization committed to improving leadership performance and governance effectiveness in regulated sectors. Earlier in his career, his first company, The Human Interface Group – a pioneer in collaborative software – was acquired by Lotus Development. George led the Lotus Institute and created software and services to support high-performance, distributed teamwork. George then created TomorrowLab, which provided strategic guidance to internet businesses in the late 1990s. At the same time, he became a senior advisor to McKinsey & Company’s leadership. He eventually joined McKinsey as CEO of TomorrowLab@McKinsey. Subsequently, as a member of the Young Presidents Organization and its International Board of Directors, George founded YPO Networks. George lives in London with his wife and COMPASS co-founder, Ekaterina Malievskaia MD.

Exploring the frontiers of mental health care, nurturing well-being ... and understanding mental health as more than the absence of mental illness.

Digital health 2.0 in mental health will combine powerful therapeutics with self-directed care

Business strategy, Collaboration, Fundraising, Governance, Medicine development, Mental health care, Psychedelics, Regulatory innovation, Start ups

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