On January 26-28, 2022 we will convene in Scottsdale with members from our Innovation and Foresight, Talent Management, Learning & Development, and People Analytics Councils to increase your network and connect the dots.

Our vision is for you to cross-pollinate ideas, share real-world examples of your work, address challenges with your peers and form meaningful relationships.

Registration and Hotel Info Below!


WHAT TO EXPECT

The world of work has seen a major shift in the past year. As leaders, how do we change the conversation going forward?


“We are at a once in a generation threshold in our profession.” - Erick Dingler, Chief Learning Officer at Deloitte

  • Identify the role emerging technologies and ways of working will play in the future of your work

  • Understand your own attributes and those of the people around you to reach optimal performance in all areas of your life

  • Leave with a greater sense of meaning and purpose

MEETING OVERVIEW

Together, along with our guest speakers, we will explore future trends that are influencing how we develop and deploy talent for growth and innovation.

Here are trends will address, knowing that you will ask the questions that are most important for you and your business.


  • Advances in a host of innovative technologies are leading to new avenues for value creation and the possibility of truly transforming elements of the business.

  • Practices in developing talent are changing due to our new world of work and digital transformation

  • Re-investment in leadership development and innovation programs

  • The use of people analytics beyond traditional HR issues to build a future-ready workforce

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT + NETWORKING

Our members are doing incredible things! At this meeting, we have the opportunity to tap their expertise. For example,


  • Accenture has stepped up its deployment of VR, with the purchase of 60,000 Oculus Quest 2 headsets for training its own new hires (the largest number any company has ever deployed). On Day 2 of the meeting, Nancy Varela and John Goodyear will share their thoughts on VR use cases and lead a brainstorming session on VR in Learning.

  • IBM has been one of the leaders in re-skilling at scale and the use of simulations. Dewey Torres and Bryant Clevenger can share more on how they got there and what’s next.

  • Our Innovation members can share how they are using metaverse-like tools for innovation, prototyping, marketing and sales.

  • Barry McGeough, Stephanie Domijan, and Ayako Homma at Wolverine Worldwide can share how the pandemic has sped up innovation and product development.


MEETING REGISTRATION


Please RSVP via the 2022 Joint Council event website


HOTEL ROOM BLOCK


There are two ways you can make a hotel reservation with our negotiated group rate.

  1. Call Group Reservations at 877-587-8013 and mention The Learning Forum

  2. Click on the link below.


SPEAKERS


We will lead with Ari Popper, the CEO of SciFutures. Ari will help us learn how to apply foresight and storytelling to enable organizational change. He will share insights from 9 years of working with F00s and the tips, tricks and tools that have been helping them create preferred futures.


With everyone focused on re-skilling, we will have Rich Diviney, retired SEAL team commander and author of The Attributes, talk with us about why attributes matter when developing leaders and high-performing teams.


We will have Aaron Hurst, CEO of Imperative and author of The Purpose Economy, share his research with F500 companies on why we need to move from engagement to fulfillment and purpose.