Aviri was founded in April 2000 by Bijoy Goswami and Bruce Krysiak.

As the co-founders worked through many possibilities, they were intrigued with the area of knowledge management (KM). First, the impetus and goal of KM was intuitively compelling – as argued by Peter Drucker, knowledge is the competitive advantage for individuals, corporations and nations in the next century. Second, and more importantly, in spite of numerous efforts in corporate America over the last ten years, KM had not fulfilled on its promise; something was missing.

Based on extensive study of published research on human and organizational behavior and the driving forces behind social phenomena (see publications), Aviri arrived at a simple, yet fundamental insight – people were absent in “knowledge management.” The very term led practitioners away from people and into documents, technologies and processes.

Aviri (which means ‘to blossom’) has since moved away from Knowledge Management. Rather, its mission is to bring people-centered innovation to entrepreneurs, teams and organizations.

Bruce is no longer with Aviri, but continues to advise the company.