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Avoiding Pilot Purgatory in 2026
Let’s be honest. In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need pilots at all. By the time you’ve defined the problem and presented the solution, and everyone is nodding along, and you might assume you’ve got alignment. But in reality, most utilities won’t adopt new technology until they’re confident it won’t break something, burden their teams, or fall flat with users. They need proof — not just that it works, but that it fits. In our latest playbook, we outline a guide to help soluti
Dec 16, 20251 min read


InnovationForce Named Top AI Powered Innovation Platform of 2025 by Energy Tech Review
Company Releases New AI-Powered Venture Studio Builder Feature to Help Organizations Self-Manage their Innovation More Effectively Raleigh, N.C. and Boston, M.A. – November 19, 2025 – DTECH NE Conference — InnovationForce , the leader in democratizing and scaling innovation with AI, announced today that InnovationWorks has been named the Top AI-Powered Innovation Management Platform of 2025 by Energy Tech Review . This recognition celebrates InnovationForce’s track record o
Nov 18, 20253 min read


Podcast: PTF Goes to the Phillipines to Hear from AboitizPower
Ready to be inspired? Tune into the latest episode of Piloting the Future where we go all the way to the Philippines to learn how AboitizPower has launched one of the most successful and scalable approaches to democratize innovation that we've seen to date. Despite an 6.9 magnitude earthquake, a flood and a typhon (all in the last month), this group or resilient of innovators won't let the devastating impacts of climate change stop them. They are solving their own resilienc
Nov 5, 20251 min read


InnovationForce Featured on 105.1 to Launch InnovationCebu!
Watch the interview with InnovationForce CEO and Founder Kim Getgen on the "Spot On" podcast on Live 105.1 FM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcGCbTDdqwQ
Oct 22, 20251 min read


InnovationForce Participates in InnovateCebu!
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/grit-funding-woes-stall-cebu-startups Kim Getgen, a Silicon Valley-based founder of Innovation Force and global innovation mentor, noted that good ideas often fail not for lack of creativity but because of corporate resistance to risk. “Corporations are built to be risk-averse. You’ll hear a million reasons why your idea won’t work,” she said. “That’s why we need to democratize innovation—collaborate across ecosystems and use design thinking.”
Oct 19, 20251 min read


InnovationForce and AboitizPower Announce Three-Year Partnership to Accelerate Resiliency through Innovation in the Philippines
Companies announce partnership at Innovate Cebu!, a regional innovation challenge designed to strengthen economic resilience through local ingenuity RALEIGH, N.C. and CEBU, Philippines — October 16, 2025 — InnovationForce, the leader in affordably democratizing innovation with AI, today announced a landmark three-year agreement with AboitizPower, the nation’s largest renewable energy producer. The partnership will scale the use of the InnovationWorks platform across AboitizPo
Oct 15, 20253 min read


InnovationForce Releases Beyond the Gridlock: A Landmark Report on Grid Affordability
Interactive report on the top 10 grid modernization challenges
Sep 24, 20253 min read


Beyond the Gridlock: A Grid Affordability Special Report
Grid Affordability Special Report
Sep 23, 20251 min read


Gridlocked: Who Will Power the New AI Driven Future?
Piloting the Future Podcast: Gridlocked limited edition series episode #2. The innovation special.
Sep 23, 20251 min read


CEATI S+I Conference: What’s Your North Star?
In preparation for this year’s conference, we wondered What’s keeping utilities up at night? We used our AI to review CEATI speakers'...
Sep 17, 20251 min read


Gridlocked: Who Will Power the New AI-Driven Future?
A 6-Part Limited Episode Series of Energy Central's Piloting the Future More than a century ago, America’s first great energy...
Aug 7, 20252 min read


InnovationForce and Zpryme Join Forces on START! 2025: A “Pitch to Pilot” Launchpad for Energy, Cleantech & Grid Innovation
A few of the esteemed judges that will be choosing the finalists for ETS START! 2025 InnovationForce, the AI-powered platform...
Jul 29, 20252 min read


From Hype to Human Ingenuity: Leading Innovation in the Age of AI
Energy Central's Power Perspectives Podcast Everywhere I turn lately — conferences, podcasts, inboxes — I’m hit with AI. Another demo....
Jul 8, 20255 min read


$4M Managed EV Charging RFP Released
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $4 million is now available to support innovative technologies in the New York Avangrid service...
Jul 8, 20251 min read


Kim Getgen Joins Power Perspectives Podcast
🎧 NEW PODCAST: AI fever has officially hit the energy industry — from wildfire prediction to DER integration, the enthusiasm is real....
Jul 7, 20251 min read


Piloting the Future 003: It's Electric!
The first step to creating real change in the energy industry? Know the problem you’re solving. For Tiya Gordon , Co-founder & COO of ...
Jul 2, 20251 min read


July heats up with an AI data center race
Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash We’re tracking two important developments that could shape the next wave of U.S. energy and AI...
Jul 2, 20251 min read


Eversource Grid Modernization Plan: $16.2B in Improvements
Some of the nearly 200 challenges captured from the Eversource plan in InnovationWorks As part of its goals to confront climate change...
Jul 1, 20253 min read


AXIOS: Trump's clean-energy grenade rattles high-tech industries
AXIOS is tracking the threat level from the anticipated passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill and its impact to energy from industry...
Jul 1, 20251 min read


Assessing Impacts Of “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” On U.S. Energy Costs, Jobs, Health, Emissions
According to Newsweek , an Analysis of the "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act (OBBBA) nearing final votes in Congress shows that the...
Jul 1, 20251 min read
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