Tim Sussman

For decades, baseball relied on scouts with gut instinct. Then Billy Beane proved statistical analysis could beat intuition. Government innovation programs are at the same inflection point — moving from word-of-mouth to systematic, evidence-driven process.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded IdeaScale a new $6 million, four-year contract to advance its scientific mission. This award is about more than software. It reflects NIH’s trust in a system that helps teams close the research

Every breakthrough you admire has a backstory of repetition, rigor, and fundamentals. Musicians rehearse scales until muscle memory takes over. Athletes drill movements until precision is automatic. And organizations committed to innovation refine their systems until the fundamentals become instinct.

Organizational alignment is essential for strategic execution, yet achieving it remains a persistent challenge. Even in small, agile teams, misalignment can occur when objectives, priorities, or context are not clearly shared. Leaders often lack the bandwidth to provide individualized explanations

Governments manage some of the most complex innovation programs in the world—and they’re sitting on a goldmine of unstructured feedback. IdeaScale AI helps agencies unlock that value. This new module automatically analyzes ideas, comments, and votes to produce four impactful

New OMB Guidance: Public Trust is Now Central to AI Innovation In April 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Memorandum M-25-21. This memo aims to speed up how the federal government uses AI. It will focus on