Rob Hoehn

Rob Hoehn is the co-founder and CEO of IdeaScale: the largest open innovation software platform in the world. Hoehn launched crowdsourcing software as part of the open government initiative and IdeaScale’s robust portfolio now includes many other industry notables, such as EA Sports, NBC, NASA, Xerox and many others. Prior to IdeaScale, Hoehn was Vice President of Client Services at Survey Analytics.

How McKinsey’s Organizational Health Index Relates to Innovation

McKinsey's Organizational Health Index (OHI) is an exhaustive assessment of an organization’s effectiveness and its management’s performance based on an organization-wide survey. It’s a tool that numerous public and private sector organizations have leveraged in order to benchmark their company’s health, align around core areas of improvement, and improve overall organizational performance.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-16T13:29:34-08:00December 21st, 2020|Categories: Organization & Culture, Podcast|Tags: bottom-up innovation, Collaboration, idea collection, inclusive innovation, innovation management software, innovation management solution, mckinsey organizational health index, ohi, organizational health index|

What Are the Three C’s of Organizational Change?

I hadn’t thought much about health pathology innovation until we started to work with a statewide health pathology service in Australia. They provide pathology, forensic, and analytical services for hospitals and justice systems throughout their state.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T14:22:45-08:00December 14th, 2020|Categories: Organization & Culture, Podcast|Tags: capability, Communication, culture, employee recognition, incremental change, intrapreneurship, organizational change, recognition, training, transformative change|

What Can We Learn from NASA About Crowdsourcing in a Pandemic?

When COVID-19 shut down the United States in 2020, everyone wanted to be a part of the solution. At NASA, the entire NASA workforce expressed their desire to help the nation combat the virus – even though most of their employees were asked to work from home.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-03-24T19:37:06-07:00November 23rd, 2020|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Idea Management|Tags: case study, communication strategy, Crowdsourcing, NASA|

What is a Virtual Innovation Lab?

The Virginia Department of Transportation created their own Virtual Innovation Lab, where they collaborate to solve problems related to remote work, engineering topics, safety, and more with the help of their entire distributed workforce. Learn more in this December 15th webinar!

Sarah Vandenberg2021-03-24T19:37:09-07:00November 9th, 2020|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Organization & Culture|Tags: Collaboration, Employee Engagement, innovation lab, innovation management software, remote work, SaaS, virtual innovation lab, work from home|

How Does Diversity and Inclusion Impact Innovation?

Nearly all executives believe the long-term success of their business depends on the flow, testing, and development of new ideas. One of the problems is the old belief in the “creative genius” – that creativity and innovation belongs to a talented few and not to everyone.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T12:22:51-08:00October 19th, 2020|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Organization & Culture|Tags: diversity, equity, groupthink, inclusion|

When Discovering Customer Needs, How Do You Get Beyond Survey Bias?

When Yamaha conducts research to drive product development, they've found opportunities in previously unexplored areas of incremental change. Learn more in this podcast interview.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T12:20:45-08:00September 21st, 2020|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Podcast, Training & Education|

What Do Leading Innovators Do Differently

Every year, IdeaScale hosts the global Innovation Management Awards and honors winners in three different categories: engagement, process, and implementation. We see these categories as the cornerstones of any successful innovation program, so the winners this year actually excel at each of these things.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T12:14:35-08:00September 9th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: award, Employee Engagement, gamification, hackathon, innovation program, professional development, recognition|

Using Innovation to Improve Your McKinsey Organizational Health Index Score

2020 proved just how important our relationships to banks and credit unions are as they worked to rapidly respond to the changing financial needs of their customers.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T12:14:09-08:00August 17th, 2020|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Open Innovation, Organization & Culture, Podcast, Support for SMEs|Tags: bank, bottom-up innovation, credit union, Crowdsourcing, customer experience, diversity, diversity and inclusion, Employee Engagement, employee innovation, inclusion, mckinsey organizational health index, Open Innovation, optimism, podcast, technology adoption|

Where Did the Suggestion Box Come From?

And what’s changed along the way?

Online ideation and collaboration might be a fairly recent business practice, but the suggestion box concept has been around at least since the 18th century.

Ideascale2021-12-22T17:13:12-08:00August 3rd, 2020|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: Collaboration, Employee Engagement, employee feedback, incentives, professional development, suggestion box|

How the Royal Australian Navy Nurtures Innovators

The first time I heard Stephen Delo speak, it was at the Australian Intrapreneurs Summit. He was talking about some truly fascinating ideas: how 3D printing could be used at sea, possibilities for drones, new methods for making the Royal Australian Navy more sustainable, and beyond.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T12:05:02-08:00July 13th, 2020|Categories: Podcast|Tags: intrapreneurship, recognition|

7 Incentives to Increase Participation in a Crowdsourced Innovation Program

Every year, one question tops all the others that our customers might bring to us: how do I increase engagement in my innovation community? We see this question even in the most robust and activated innovation programs.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T12:03:25-08:00July 6th, 2020|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Open Innovation|Tags: continuous learning, Crowdsourcing, incentive, recognition|

What Innovation Looks Like at an Energy Company

When you’re turning on your fan or firing up your laptop to get some work done, you probably don’t spend much time thinking about where that power comes from. But all of that thinking comes to the forefront of your mind when there are massive disruptions to that system.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T12:01:27-08:00June 29th, 2020|Categories: Podcast|Tags: energy, energy grid, energy innovation, green innovation, renewable energy, sustainability|

How COVID Impacted 2020’s Innovation Trends

Every year, IdeaScale undertakes a comprehensive audit of our system data, our customer conversations and survey data in order to develop report on the state of crowdsourced innovation.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-22T17:15:43-08:00June 15th, 2020|Categories: Report, Trend Alert|Tags: benchmarking, Best Practices, coronavirus, covid-19, Crowdsourcing|

What Are the Four Crucial Elements to Start a Successful Innovation Management Program

Launching an innovation program can often feel daunting to anyone and - to a small business - starting an innovation management program can feel completely inaccessible. Who should be responsible? What are the first steps? How can you get to the impact that really matters?

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T11:56:24-08:00May 27th, 2020|Categories: Podcast|

The Three Challenges of Crowdsourced Innovation

You have a problem to solve, and we have the crowd. IdeaScale has recently acquired Betterific, a crowdsourcing platform that engages a community of 18,000+ creative problem solvers, design thinkers, and ideators to help you come up with your next big idea. Learn more about how you can tap into this innovative community.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T11:50:31-08:00May 11th, 2020|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Open Innovation|Tags: Crowdsourcing, Ideation|