Amidst global financial turmoil and climate threats, innovation is no longer a “nice to have” and brainstorming is not performing. Only 6% of CEOs are satisfied with their organization’s innovation performance, and 67% of frontline innovators are unhappy with the technology that’s available to innovate. Decarbonization goals, responding to more treacherous climate-induced storms and meeting wildfire risks are utilities’ new normal. Utilities are not the only highly regulated industry solving large-scale planetary challenges. This panel will share case study learnings from innovation leaders at Pfizer who beat a pandemic sitting side-by-side with utility leaders working to reframe the innovation dilemma and unlock the speed needed to drive the clean energy transition faster.

Key Takeaways

• How to approach innovation as a science
• How to measure the two key performance indicators that “make or break” your innovation program: time-to-decision and willingness to collaborate
• How regulated utilities can reframe the risk debate to go faster in the innovation process.