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Heidi Selberg, Envision Board Member and Upward Mobility Signals Team Our team’s previous reports have shown the importance of public policy in supporting upward mobility. Judy Nagel’s reports have outlined international comparisons, demonstrating that several government policies related to childcare, health, and other matters are critical to those countries’ higher rates of upward mobility. But […]

Amanda Johnson, Executive Director, Howe Community Resource Center One cannot deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has divided our country and significantly reshaped our lives. Its effects on children’s health and well-being have become a great concern. Being that I am in the education and mental health space as the Executive Director of the Howe Community […]

By Noel Halvorsen, Envision Board Member and Housing & Safety Signals Team Park Hotels and Resorts, the owner of two of San Francisco’s largest (Hilton operated) hotels, has stopped making mortgage payments in the “best interest’ of shareholders. Slow recovery from the pandemic, a weak convention calendar, lagging return to office numbers, and concerns over […]

Enjoy the July 2023 Horizons, Envision’s bi-monthly newsletter. Board members and a Strategic Foresight graduate describe the application of Strategic Foresight to Catholic education; Green Bay’s designation as the best place to live in the US; early childhood development and upward mobility; and combining Innovation, Design, Engineering, Application and Skills (IDEAS) with Science, Technology, Engineering, […]

By Phil Hauck, Envision Board President When U.S. News and World Report asserts that Green Bay, Wisconsin, is the best place to live in the U.S., that’s a pretty sound recommendation, right? But what if there’s even more to that story? What if we discover that young Green Bay professionals are getting a firm foundation […]

By Beverly French, Envison Board Member and Arts, Culture & Entertainment Signals Team “If you had two sheets of newspaper and ten inches of tape, how tall a structure could you build with them? ” That’s the sort of question Rutgers Prep lower and middle school students are asked every week in JoAnn Miller’s STEAM […]

Judy Nagel, Envision Board member and Upward Mobility Signals Team Here in the nation with more gun violence than any other on earth, Americans constantly ask about the root cause of gun violence. The answer is “mental health.” So how are we doing with that? The CDC identifies early childhood as the period in which […]

Tom Kiely, President, Notre Dame Academy For the high school administrator, the summer months allow for a refocusing of attention. The fast-paced schedule dictated by needs of students and families, compounded by activities and athletics, gives way to a time for reflecting upon results and horizons for future planning. And so I have been reflecting […]

By Beth Kowalski, Envision Board member and Arts, Culture & Entertainment Signals Team Elizabeth Merritt is the American Alliance of Museums’ Vice President for Strategic Foresight and Founding Director of the Center for the Future of Museums – a think-tank and research and development lab for the museum sector. Here you’ll discover how she navigates this […]

By Jeff House, Envision Board and Economic Transformation Signals Team VM Motori has announced that it is developing a hydrogen combustion version of its 2.2 L, three-cylinder inline engine. With 62 kW output and 270 Nm peak torque, the performance of the hydrogen internal combustion engine will be around 10% higher than that of the diesel […]

Jamie Lynch, Envision Board member and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation Signals Team This year, over half of the states in the United States will officially recognize Juneteenth as a public holiday. The recognition of Juneteenth has gained momentum in recent years, with increased public awareness following nationwide protests against racial injustice. For now, Wisconsin does […]

By Jeff House, Envision Board Member and Economic Transformation Signals Team A hydrogen fuel plant is coming to Mulberry, Florida, by way of South Korea. A Korean company plans to build a clean-hydrogen facility in Polk County using natural gas from a nearby pipeline. The plant will produce “blue hydrogen” made from natural gas, but, […]

By Jeff House, Envision Boad member and Economic Transformation Signals Team An Ohio bill establishes a community solar pilot program that will consist of 1,500 MW of community solar, enough energy to power almost 300,000 homes. Subscribers will be eligible for a bill credit, usually equal to 10 to 20% savings, from their utility provider […]

Phil Hauck, Envision Board President Imagine a 175-page book, at a cost of less than $15, that offers you a simple, readable primer on how to effectively use ChatGPT! That book is available, and it delineates fifty business activities that could be improved with AI’s various formulations. It’s called The AI Whisperer: Handbook for Leveraging […]

Phil Hauck, Envision Board President Save 20%, help Envision, and get the video series and a hard copy of Frey’s book, Future Like a Boss, by ordering through Envision. Learn to “think like a futurist” through 14 stand-alone lessons.

Phil Hauck, Envision Board President Recognizing the value of re-convening with fellow participants to confidentially share stories of scanning and trends, a few of our SF grads have worked with Envision to form the first SF networking cohort. We got organized in February and started our bi-monthly meeting series in May. Our recent conversation ranged […]

Susan Gallagher-Lepak, Dean, College of Health, Education and Welfare, UW Green Bay “You’ve given me an accessible way to consider what might be coming for our campus.” That’s one of the encouraging responses I received from colleagues recently as we wrapped up our own 3-session virtual webinar series called “The Future of Higher Education.” Inspired […]

Beverly French, Envision Board member and Arts, Culture, and Entertainment Signals Team In March 2023, artist Refik Anadol explained to a PBS resporter: “My primary material is data, the information, and my second material is a ‘thinking brush’ that is assisted by machine ‘dreaming.’” Anadol has spent seven years uploading images of flowers, landscapes and […]

Nan Nelson, Envision Board member Envision’s World Futures Day featured speaker Professor Thomas Frey has identified six ways the Artificial Intelligence revolution is likely to shape our lives within the foreseeable future. Are you ready for transformation of our reality, creativity, work, and even our sense of free will? Here’s his analysis of the benefits and risks.

Jim Golembeski, Envision Board Member I will always correct people when I hear negative comments about the work ethic of our young people. Granted, the Millennial generation (born 1980-1998) has struggled, but mainly because they did what their Baby Boomer parents told them to do: get a college education in any area. Just go to […]