May 2, 2024 | Health and Well-Being Signals
Natalie Bomstad, Health and Well-Being Signals Team
The foundation of a vibrant, thriving future is one in which our people and places are both healthy and well. Envision’s Health and Well-Being Signals Team takes a multi-dimensional, holistic approach to health and well-being, similar to the World Health Organization’s definition. Our domain map focuses on five core elements that seek to build a proactive culture of health and well-being across Northeast Wisconsin. Read about signals of local well-being.
May 2, 2024 | Housing and Safety Signals
Tom Schumacher, Housing and Safety Signals Team
How do you keep the lights on during the next big power outage? The answer might be right in your refrigerator. Factors converging in the direction of distributed energy storage might one day make your home more energy resilient. Batteries are taking centerstage in this transition, and advances in battery technology are making the scenario more feasible. Read about whole-house batteries.
Apr 30, 2024 | Upward Mobility Signals
Jim Golembeski, Upward Mobility Signals Team
Recently I had the pleasure of getting a root canal. The experience was not as bad as I thought it would be, but the real problem was that the oral surgeon kept up a one-sided conversation to which I was unable to reply. He kept talking about people unwilling to work. I wanted to say, “show me where they are,” but, under the circumstances… Read about Pain in the Workforce.
Apr 26, 2024 | Community Spotlight
Beverly French, Arts, Culture and Entertainment Signals
In 2015, our local Green Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau wanted to build a visitor center – a welcoming front door to our community. But, to create a welcome center that would require fundraising, building design, content creation, and programming. The Chamber needed the right leader to make it happen. Read about Cameron Teske and Discover Green Bay!
Apr 26, 2024 | Strategic Foresight
When six local businesses and nonprofits completed Envision’s Strategic Foresight training in April, a major theme of every report was Artificial Intelligence: AI. Read about their plans for a transformed future.
Apr 26, 2024 | Housing and Safety Signals
Fr. Paul Demuth, Housing and Safety Team
We constantly hear of the increased need for housing. At the same time, office and business space sits empty or half-used. Then, from an isolated, cost prohibitive lifestyle comes an affordable, inclusive living space that used to be a shopping mall Read about this housing match made in heaven.
Apr 26, 2024 | Envision Success Stories
Devon Christianson, Board Member
“Water drew me here,” explains Bridget O’Connor: It was the view of the Fox River that brought Bridget here from Minnesota as an SNC undergrad. Today she is the president and CEO of the O’Connor Connective, a marketing and communications firm that seeks to “be the chosen partner for the advancement of our community.” Read about her efforts to apply Strategic Foresight for business success.
Apr 1, 2024 | Signals to Watch
Nanette Nelson, Board Member
Another Easter, another survey showing religion’s recent ebb: This one is from Gallup, confirming a deepening of the 21st-century decline in church attendance. But diminishment coexists with transformation… So let’s try to imagine how these trends might shape American religion a generation hence.
Apr 1, 2024 | Housing and Safety Signals
Tom Schumacher, Housing and Safety Signals Team
Could deaths from fentanyl be declining? New testing that is a thousand times more sensitive than anything we’ve known before suggests this might be the case. Imagine this 2030 headline!
Apr 1, 2024 | Arts, Culture, and Entertainment Signals
Beth Kowalski, Arts, Culture and Entertainment Signals Team
The Arts, Culture and Entertainment signals team uses the SparkGGB! report to guide its work toward more robust regional opportunities in their area of focus. Learn more about the arts.
