CWI BeBold Podcast: Recent Episodes
Kennan Wood
The BeBold podcast series is intended to focus on critical issues that impact Wisconsin's economy and our ability to remain competitive in today's ever-changing world through bold ideas and initiatives.
Sheboygan County’s impressive track record of public-private collaboration laid the groundwork for a rapid mobilization of people, ideas and action to address COVID 19 challenges and opportunities.
MadREP's President & CEO Jason Fields joins us for this episode of Competitive Wisconsin's Heads Up Podcast to discuss an innovative program MadREP is offering its regional partner communities to address both access to, and cost associated with, broadband in their communities.
Mr. Jason Fields, newly appointed President & CEO of the Madison Region Economic Partnership (MadREP), joins us to discuss key opportunities facing the eight county region and his vision for post-pandemic growth and prosperity in both the urban and rural areas of MadREP.
Wisconsin Dairy Business Association President Amy Penterman and Director of Government Affairs John Holevoet talked about the critical role dairy businesses plays in Wisconsin economic wellbeing. They see positive things happening and identify some exciting potential opportunities, but they also offer a hard-headed assessment of the challenges rural employers and businesses are facing when it coms to workforce shortages and access to broadband.
Wisconsin’s longest serving Governor, Tommy G. Thompson (Governor 1987-2001) returned to public life from a successful career in the private sector last Summer to become Interim President of the University of Wisconsin System (UWS). Within 60 days on the job, he was already talking about the need for a more robust commitment to the Wisconsin Idea and offering specific ideas on a broader, even more collaborative role for the UWS. This HeadsUp! Podcast showcases both some of the Governor’s bold ideas and his commitment to getting things done.
CWI’s HeadsUp! Podcast for this edition takes us to the front lines of Wisconsin’s current unemployment and workforce challenges for a conversation with Anthony Snyder, CEO, Fox Valley Workforce Development Board and Chair of the Executive Committee, Wisconsin Workforce Development Board Association.
Broadband internet has become a lifeline between our seniors and the care they need; our children and the education they must have; our working parents and the paychecks they depend upon; and our farmers and the information they need to grow the food we and the world depends upon. The Wisconsin REALTORS Association (WRA) is launching an aggressive informational and legislative initiative to make sure Wisconsin homes and businesses have the broadband access they need. Learn more as Tom Larson, Senior Vice President for Legal and Public Affairs talk with Mark O’Connell, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Counties Association and WCA Forward Analytics Director Dale Knapp about this innovative and timely approach to an urgent Wisconsin need.
Rural Cooperative Network President and CEO, Dan Smith shares his insights into the challenges that have been facing rural communities across Wisconsin for decades, the impact of COVID-19 on those challenges and a look at what needs to be done moving forward to ensure the long term viability of our rural economy.