Bringing your
Best Ideas
to life from start to finish
Innovation management that helps your team think bigger, work smarter, and move faster.
I’m Ross Widenor, a PMP-certified consultant with 12+ years leading cross-functional work in R&D, innovation, strategic planning, and sustainability. I’ve led everything from idea-generation workshops to large-scale program rollouts for a global Fortune 500 organization, always with a focus on clarity, collaboration, and follow-through.
Working with experts across technology and business development functions, I revamped and rolled out an enterprise-wide ideation platform and its back-end process, creating fertile ground for innovation to come to life collaboratively.
I also managed numerous strategic partnerships and engagements, including with suppliers, customers, and industry peers, to co-create new possibilities in both the physical and intellectual product spaces.
And I led the way on cross-functional projects to advance sustainability, reducing the organization’s carbon footprint and unlocking new value capture opportunities and circular economy pathways.
Now, through Widenor Consulting, I help teams bring their big ideas to life with structure and momentum—whether it’s launching something new or making what’s already working even better.
How we turn vision into momentum
Ideation & Strategy Development
Visual thinking sessions that bring clarity, spark innovation, and align teams around bold, actionable goals.
Cross-Functional Implementation Management
End-to-end leadership for complex initiatives with built-in collaboration, structure, and accountability.
Business Process Optimization
Sharpen operations, reduce bottlenecks, and scale impact using practical tools and workflow automation.
The Backbone Behind Breakthroughs
Great ideas are just the beginning. What makes them succeed is how you shape, share, and ship them. That’s where structured creativity meets practical execution.
Whether you're a startup tackling your first major initiative or an established organization rethinking how you work, together we will work through a flexible yet focused process that turns potential into real progress.
Our Process
1. Discover
We start by understanding your goals, challenges, and existing workflows. This stage sets the foundation for alignment.
2. Ideate & Strategize
Through collaborative, visual workshops, we unlock your team’s creativity and define clear, actionable strategies.
3. Plan & Prioritize
We turn strategy into structure—mapping timelines, assigning responsibilities, and identifying success metrics.
4. Execute & Adapt
From kickoff to completion, I lead delivery with a clear-eyed focus, adjusting in real-time to keep things moving forward.
5. Optimize
After launch, we review what worked, refine what didn’t, and build systems that make future execution smoother and smarter.
Why We’re Different:
Clarity. Consistency. Results.
Engineering Lens - A base of technical expertise that enables a deep understanding of complex situations
People Focus - A philosophy of leveraging the power of diverse perspectives and skillsets to create the best possible solutions
Process Driven - A proven track record of laying the groundwork that enables success by letting creativity flourish
What People are Saying
“Ross is an innovative problem solver who pioneered many business processes still in use today - including how we manage our team, how we interact across a complex global organization, and how we co-create with external value chain partners”
— Erik S, VP of Business Development
“Ross guided students in tackling real-world projects with an engineer’s mindset - carefully considering not only the technical components but also customer requirements and how the work aligned with the broader business plan”
— Daniel L, Professor
“Ross is a top-tier project leader who combines technical excellence, emotional intelligence, and organizational savvy in a way that inspires confidence and delivers results”
— William N, Executive Director, Sustainable Innovation
FAQs
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All kinds! The processes of ideation, innovation, and implementation can be applied to find opportunity and solve problems in a wide array of use cases, so let’s have a conversation about what you’re struggling with or trying to achieve, and we will tailor a custom solution for you!
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The purpose of the discovery process is to give shape to the opportunity or need so we can decide together how best to address it. Get in touch to schedule a free discovery conversation, and if the proposed project isn’t a win-win, we’ll still have expanded our professional networks!
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Widenor Consulting is based in Northeast Ohio, but I am experienced in working with teams dispersed across the globe using virtual tools to make everyone feel like they’re in the same room. And for engagements where face-to-face interaction really will make all the difference, we can discuss including travel in our plan to work together.
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I think we can agree that at the end of the day, the value of the deliverable is what matters. That’s why we’ll scope your engagement end to end and agree on a fixed price and payment schedule. That way there are no surprises, and we can all focus on our shared objective and not accounting for hours.
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Reach out for a free discovery conversation today, and the new ideas will be flowing before you know it!