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Hybrid TA Maturity Model
The i4cp Hybrid TA Maturity Model is a strategic framework designed to help member organizations...
Lorrie Lykins
Managing Editor & VP of Research
Lorrie Lykins is Vice President of Research at the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp). She is known for translating research into practical insights that help leaders strengthen organizational culture, employee experience, talent strategy, employer branding, crisis communications, and inclusion and belonging.
Lorrie co-leads i4cp's Talent Acquisition Board, a group of global senior TA executives representing world-class organizations, who collaborate to share real-world practices, explore emerging talent trends, and shape actionable insights that inform i4cp research and member guidance on how leading organizations are navigating the rapidly evolving global talent and technology landscape.
Her career spans research, journalism, teaching, and speaking, making connections at the intersection of business strategy and workplace culture. Before joining i4cp, she was a research analyst and editor at the Human Resource Institute (HRI) and a correspondent and columnist for the St. Petersburg Times and the Tampa Bay Times, where she reported on travel, local government, and arts and entertainment. She also taught undergraduate courses in research, investigative journalism, and rhetoric as an adjunct professor at Eckerd College.
Co-authored with her colleague, Eric Davis, the groundbreaking report, Employing People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, garnered global acclaim and coverage from Forbes, USA TODAY, the Daily Beast, Fast Company, the Pearl Buck Center, and many others. The follow-up study, The Inclusive Talent Pool: Employing People with Disabilities, was received with comparable praise, to include being cited by a University of New Mexico resolution to hire people with disabilities. She and Davis also co-presented their research on diversity and inclusion to the EEOC at the White House (2024).
Lorrie’s work and perspectives have been featured in The New York Times, Chief Learning Officer, the Association of Talent Development (ATD), and other major publications.
She is a regular contributor to HR Executive, and has contributed to several books and anthologies, including ATD’s Handbook for Training and Talent Development (2022); Culture Renovation: 18 Leadership Actions to Build an Unshakeable Company (2021); ASTD’s Foundations of Talent Development: Launching, Leveraging, and Leading Your Organization’s TD Effort (2018), Red, White, and True: Stories from Veterans and Families, World War II to Present (2014), and The ASTD Leadership Handbook (2010).
Lorrie holds degrees from Eckerd College (BA) and Queens University of Charlotte (MFA).
