Foresight Cohort: Theory into Practice

By Phil Hauck, Envision Board President

Our first Network Cohort held its second meeting …  and they know that ChatGPT will be on the agenda each meeting for quite some time. Participants recounted how they are using it so far, mainly to write contracts and publicity material. One member used ChatGPT to develop a service contract, needing only a few adjustments to make it workable; it saved them $4,000 in attorney costs.  Another used it to develop the computer code for a new application, cutting coding time by 75%.  And still another member of the cohort uses it daily, along with DALL-E (for images), as part of graphic marketing communications efforts.  And yes, members are alert to bad information that might work its way in.

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Foresight Networking Continues

Phil Hauck, Envision Board President

As they complete their Strategic Foresight training with Garry Golden, our graduates recognize the value of staying in touch and continuing to support each other. A number of workshop participants have asked us to create such opportunities to get together with like-minded former participants to discuss trends they are watching and techniques they are using to infuse Strategic Foresight thinking within their organizations. Our response has been to create small, committed Network Cohorts.

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AI Takes Center Stage: The Winter Cohort Graduates

No topic received more attention than artificial intelligence as our winter 2023 cohort shared their final
presentations and received their certificates of completion. Representatives of the following
organizations completed their Strategic Foresight training on March 31:

St. Norbert College
Green Bay Police Department
HSHS WI/Prevea Health
Bellin Health
Foundations Health & Wholeness
Greater Green Bay Chamber
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Bay Towel, Inc.
O’Connor Connective

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