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Envision Greater Green Bay  
Foresight Learning Journey   
Pre-Workshop Survey 
Winter 2024

We are in the midst of rapid and complex changes. Organizations and communities that have a strategy and the tools to help them look over the horizon will thrive, those that don't will face a more challenging future.

Envision Greater Green Bay is proposing an approach that will provide help: strategic foresight.
Our goal is to introduce strategic foresight into existing long range and strategic planning processes of local organizations—business, government, education, non-profits—enabling them to better anticipate and influence issues affecting them and the quality of life in greater Green Bay.

Our research indicates that Envision Greater Green Bay is one of the few places in the United States that is working to systematically apply foresight to local planning and decision making at a community-wide level. We are delighted that you have taken the step to participate in our Foresight Workshop.


All responses are anonymous but the summary results will be shared as a file with the group. 
1.Changes ahead (2024 - 2030)
List the five most important trends and issues shaping the future for your organization and the communities you serve.
2.What will NOT change? (2024 - 2030)
List three things you expect will not change over the next decade for your organization and the communities you serve.
3.Create a Headline - News from 2030
Imagine waking up in a few years.
Write out a fictional news headline that captures how the world has changed for your organization or the communities you serve.
4.When I want to learn about a new topic – my preference is to
(Check all that apply)
5.I regularly look for information and inspiration on…..
(Check all that apply)
6.When I find an interesting story that challenges my view of the future, my first reaction is to…
(Check all that apply)
7.Which is the most important characteristic for a good forecast of the future?
8.Which is better for understanding the long-term future?
9.Which influences the long-term future the most?
10.Which type of future is most useful?
11.Which is the most serious cause of forecasting errors?
12.Which attitude toward the future is most often correct?
13.Telling stories about possible but unlikely futures is useful.
14.Who sets the vision for your organization?
15.Which is the most frequently overlooked characteristic of successful change?
16.On average, how many interesting stories about change (the future) do you find per week.
17.In what ways do you think this workshop may impact your thinking about the use of foresight analysis? (Check ALL that Apply)
18.How far out into the future do you feel your organization is thinking?
(e.g. 1 year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years)
Please explain 'Why' you choose this horizon
19.How important do your think it is for your organization to engage in foresight analysis?
20.Share a Signal
A signal can be an event, a new service or product, a new market strategy, social norm or policy. Signals grab our attention but can also be easily dismissed as noise. Share a web link to a current news story or summarize a conversation you view as a signal of things to come for your sector or the Greater Green Bay region.