The i4cp 2020 Conference Rescheduled

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As you are well aware, the coronavirus outbreak has caused organizations large and small to make difficult and extremely swift decisions to ensure the health and safety of their employees, customers, and partners. We’ve had several conversations with many of our member organizations over the last several days and have appreciated the feedback and advice we’ve received.

After careful consideration, we are rescheduling the i4cp 2020 Next Practices Now Conference to September 17 – 20, 2020.

Postponing the conference has not been an easy decision, but it became clear that it was a necessary one.  A great deal of preparation goes into producing Next Practices Now each year, and I want to thank our speakers, our attendees, the Fairmont and most of all our team at i4cp who have enabled what has rapidly become the HR industry’s top event. While I am disappointed we can’t provide that experience to you this month, I’m thrilled that we will be able to bring everyone together later this year.

We have a lot to do in the coming weeks to make this change, and I appreciate your patience and understanding during this time as we work through the logistics. Here is what to expect in the short term:

  1. The conference will be held at the same location, the Fairmont Scottsdale
  2. If you are already registered, we will keep you registered under the new September dates
  3. If you have a room booked at the Fairmont, please stay tuned. We are coordinating next steps with the hotel.

Beyond the conference, it’s clear from my conversations that organizations are wrestling with a wide variety of new issues every day, and also realizing that the coronavirus outbreak is not a short term phenomena. We are in a unique position to help, and in addition to the timely research we’ve conducted and virtual meetings we’ve held for HR leaders recently, this week we are launching a range of new resources for our members. This includes a regular series of virtual meetings to ask questions and share ideas with peers, along with other information and communication channels we will be rolling out shortly. Be on the lookout for communication from us on these resources, and if you have ideas or suggestions on how we can help please reach out directly to me or the team.

These are obviously unprecedented times, and as I said in my last email to you, times that test our agility. Thanks again for your support, your patience and your understanding. I look forward to seeing you in September at the i4cp 2020 Next Practices Now Conference.

-Kevin Oakes

Kevin Oakes

Kevin is CEO and co-founder of the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), the world’s leading human capital research firm focusing on people practices that drive high performance. i4cp conducts more research in the field of HR than any other organization on the planet, highlighting next practices that organizations and HR executives should consider adopting.

Kevin is also the author of Culture Renovation®, an Amazon bestseller which debuted as the #1 new release in a dozen Amazon book categories. Drawing on data from one of the largest studies ever conducted on corporate culture, Culture Renovation™ details how high-performance organizations such as Microsoft, T-Mobile, 3M, AbbVie, Mastercard and many more have successfully changed organizational culture.

Kevin is currently on the board of Performitiv, and on the advisory boards of Guild Education and Sanctuary. Kevin was previously on the board of directors of KnowledgeAdvisors, a provider of human capital analytics software, which was purchased by Corporate Executive Board in March of 2014. Kevin was also the Chairman of Jambok, a social learning start-up company which was founded at Sun Microsystems and was purchased by SuccessFactors in March 2011. Additionally, Kevin served on the boards of Workforce Insight and Koru prior to their sales.

Kevin is on the board of Best Buddies Washington and helped establish the first office for Best Buddies in the state in 2019. Best Buddies is a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, and inclusive living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Kevin was previously the Founder and the President of SumTotal Systems (NASDAQ: SUMT) which he helped create in 2003 by merging Click2learn (NASDAQ: CLKS) with Docent (NASDAQ: DCNT). The merger won Frost & Sullivan's Competitive Strategy Award in 2004.

Prior to the formation of SumTotal, Kevin was the Chairman & CEO of Click2learn, which was founded by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft. Kevin helped take Click2learn public and engineered over a dozen acquisitions post-IPO. Prior to joining Click2learn, Kevin was president and founder of Oakes Interactive in Needham, MA. Oakes Interactive was purchased by Click2learn (then called Asymetrix) in 1997, prior to going public a year later.