All measures should supply accurate information usable for making good decisions. To paraphrase Dr. Deming - if you don’t know how to use the answer to improve you process, the calculation(s) were a waste of time.

Innovation rarely comes as the result of an apple falling from a tree and hitting you in the head.
Innovation is more of a process – sometimes simple and buried deep within the psyche of the individual, and sometimes methodically sewn into the practices of a team – that is put in motion by the desire to improve the status quo.