InnovationForce

InnovationForce is a Durham, North Carolina-based AI-powered SaaS platform specializing in innovation management and ecosystem building. We empower teams and organizations to solve complex industry challenges faster by leveraging AI, crowd wisdom, and streamlined design thinking workflows.

Our platform, InnovationWorks, is built on 20 years of research from Harvard Business School professor Dr. Linda Hill, demonstrating that lasting innovation begins by solving the right problem.

InnovationForce helps startups, corporations, universities, and conference organizers build dynamic innovation ecosystems – by starting with the right challenge, matching it to proven solutions, and accelerating meaningful outcomes through an agile pilot process. We are a rapidly growing company with 15 employees, dedicated to democratizing innovation and driving impactful results across industries including energy, climate tech, and healthcare.

InnovationWorks is the only AI-powered innovation platform built on decades of research — to guide every idea from challenge to completed learnings. We’ve helped organizations like Portland General Electric (PGE) dramatically reduce pilot cycle times and increase the success rate of their innovation programs.