Melissa is an exceptional partner in regional economic development. Her ability to coordinate seamlessly with Alliant Energy ensures that Winnebago and Worth counties are always positioned for growth. She is proactive, deeply knowledgeable, and highly collaborative- bringing her into a project early is a guarantee that things will move forward efficiently and successfully.
— Chad Hansen , Alliant Energy
Global Best to Invest 2025
5 May 2025
News
When Kearney in April released its global 2025 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index, Singapore’s drop from No. 12 to No. 15 was noted, based in part on its reliance on trade in a sudden era of nationalism. The United States, Canada and the United Kingdom finished 1-2-3.
Then again: Singapore is a mere city-state, duking it out with the likes of massive countries such as the powers above as well as India, China and South Korea.
When Site Selection examined Singapore through the annual Global Best to Invest Top Metros prism of our proprietary corporate project data for the past five years; the Kearney 2024 Global Cities Report; Mori Foundation’s Global Power City Index 2024; IMD’s Smart City Index 2024; and startup ecosystem rankings from Startup Genome and Startup Blink, the city-state was where you’d expect to find it: No. 1. Next come Shanghai, Seoul, Barcelona and Dubai. The scorecard looked only at metros outside the United States.
More Topics
One month after the Trump administration announced sweeping tariffs on imports to the U.S., the pork and soybean industries are closely watching how countries respond.Weekly export sales for U.S. pork recently hit a marketing year low, in part because China cancelled a contract for 12,000 metric tons.Iowa State University Extension...
Scaling Up Without Falling Short
May 5 2025Many organizations struggle to transition their technology from pilot plant production to full industrial-scale operations. Scaling up is a complex challenge that must be solved both technically and interpersonally.To succeed, organizations need a holistic understanding of the undertaking and an incremental, phased approach. It’s crucial to understand the process, anticipate...
Systemic intelligence is the leadership skill you’re missing. Here are 4 ways to start honing it
May 1 2025Organizations look structured and logical from the outside—boxes and lines, reporting relationships, KPIs, and performance frameworks.But walk into any real meeting, and you’ll sense it: side glances, shifting energy, people going silent when one voice enters the room, unexplained resistance to change, and power dynamics no slide deck could predict.That’s...