A NOTE FROM THE FOUNDER
Most executive leaders have ambitions to become market leaders and advance their industry, but find themselves trapped in the day-to-day cycle of running the business. The business may grow but never sees impactful change. Ideas surface and never move forward because no clear criteria for investment exist. Resources scatter resources across initiatives that may not align to strategy or create real value. Innovation only becomes urgent when a competitor or market shift forces change.
I started Aurora Mountain Innovations because I believe innovation drives the world forward. Years working with executive leaders taught me that industry leaders treat innovation as a discipline rather than an aspiration and manage it like a strategic investment. When the right ideas get resources and attention, step changes become possible. Organizations reduce spending on low value projects. Leadership gains the confidence to invest boldly, because they have a system they can trust.
We architect the systems that make enable our clients to build a healthy innovation pipeline, rigorously evaluate which ideas deliver the most value, and commercialize those opportunities at scale. This gives leadership the capability and confidence to become market leaders rather than waiting for market disruption to force change.
Eric Richard
FOUNDER & CEO, AURORA MOUNTAIN INNOVATIONS
Building The Basics
Effective Innovation Requires Discipline
Most organizations know they need to innovate but lack the visibility and processes to do it systematically. Without clear processes for evaluating and prioritizing ideas, resources scatter across low-value projects and leadership spends countless hours reviewing initiatives that should never have come across their desk.
Aurora Mountain Innovations has built a methodology to give you back control while being time efficient. We start by building three core capabilities so that you can establish that control, build confidence in your innovation process, and create lasting competitive advantage.
Establish Portfolio Clarity
Most organizations lack clear visibility into their innovation investments and how they align to strategic priorities. We build clarity around what spending is happening, how that is balanced across the organization, and how it aligns with strategy.
Introduce Innovation Rigor
Structured assessment processes identify high value projects quickly and reduce the risk of over-investing in projects that don’t create value, don’t have technical merit, or don’t align with strategic priorities.
Measure Investment Value & Risk
We help organizations calculate and communicate the risk adjusted value of their innovation investments using frameworks that resonate with C-suite, board-level stakeholders, or private equity investors.