Case Study: The Hoover Institution achieves 96% engagement and a virtual "front desk" to preserve community with Workvivo

How Workvivo Helped Stanford Navigate the New World of Work

The Hoover Institution, a non‑profit think tank at Stanford, faced a sudden shift to remote work in 2020 and needed to preserve its in‑person culture and the “front desk” sense of daily pulse. After an RFP process, they selected Workvivo and launched HooverHub, a fully branded Workvivo environment, to reconnect staff, support remote collaboration, and maintain community.

Workvivo implemented HooverHub with easy onboarding, a social feed, podcasts, department pages and grassroots adoption that reduced reliance on email and recreated the organization’s daily pulse. As a result, The Hoover Institution achieved about 90% adoption, saw staff retention improve by 80%, and engagement rise by 96%, delivering clear, measurable cultural and communication impact.

The Hoover Institution

Carmen Allison

Chief Human Resources Officer