The Innovator & Measurement

William H. Barr
Nov 6 · 2 min read

Innovation called the “foundation of the future.”

Efficiency expert W. Edwards Deming says in his book Out of the Crisis that it was statistical control that opened the way to engineering innovation, and without it the process was in “unstable chaos.” By measuring, engineers were able to discern a direction in which to innovate, because they had identified the process. Deming called innovation “the foundation of…

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William H. Barr

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William H. Barr has devoted his life to the study of the psychological phenomena of creativity and innovation. Author of Possible: A Guide for Innovation

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