We founded Commodore to solve the biggest
problem in innovation.
Don’t tell us haphazard—or nonexistent—measurement is just the nature of the beast, or too complicated to fix. Between us, we’ve worked to address climate change, healthy aging, post-disaster redevelopment, sanitation in the developing world, and getting kids to walk to school. Effective metrics for innovation: Hard? Sure. We wouldn’t have it any other way.
Impossible? Definitely not.
We want to make corporate innovation more effective. We want people to have the information they need in order to know they’re making the right choices about innovation initiatives. We want people to know that the contributions they make, every day, will have impact.
At Commodore we know innovation is a balancing act, so we respect and value logic and creativity equally. Design and finance. Quantification and communication. Analysis and intuition. Orchestration and collision.
Adrienne Brown brings more than 25 years of experience in innovation- and strategy-centered roles across corporate R&D, nonprofit research, and economic development.
Adrienne is known for helping clients tackle complex challenges that require collaboration across disciplines, functions, and cultures. Her work has supported the design of innovation systems, new processes and org structures, internal teaming strategies, and new service and program offerings. She has advised clients including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, FHI 360, LIXIL, and USAID.
True story: Adrienne tried to run away with the circus as a kid. She’s not afraid.
Phil Watson co-founded Commodore Innovation in 2018 and helped shape its core values and early offerings. He brought a systems-thinking lens to our work from the start, using logic and system dynamics methods to design simple measurement systems in the midst of complexity.
Phil moved on from Commodore in 2023 to pursue new ventures. His contributions remain foundational to the work we do today.
True story: Phil’s family holds the Guinness World Record for wheat yield. He has high standards.