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The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader – the CEO.

Michael Porter

The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.
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Change Endurance Pace Principle Technology
The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you’re trying to accomplish.
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Accomplishment Limitation Strategy Yourself
Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.
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Change Confusion Hands Opportunity
The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.
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Ability Change Constant Continue
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
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Choice Essence Strategy Yourself
The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.
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Company Ideas Try Willing
In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”
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Best Business Majority Simplicity
The purpose of the corporation must be redefined as creating shared value, not just profit per se. This will drive the next wave of innovation and productivity growth in the global economy.
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Creation Definition Economy Global Production Profit Purpose
Sound strategy starts with having the right goal
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Goal Right Sound Start
If your goal is anything but profitability – if it’s to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader – you’ll hit problems.
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Big Goal Leadership Problem Profit Yourself
Health care historically has been a very siloed field that’s organized around medical specialties – urology, cardiac surgery, and so forth – and around the supply of these specialty services. The patient is the ping-pong ball that moves from service to service.
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Health History Medicine Organization Patient Service
Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can’t be constantly reinvented.
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Constant Invention Strategy
If a strategy meets a goal: It’s working. If a strategy meets a target: It’s a success.
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Goal Inspirational Strategy Success Work
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.
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Choice Different Strategy Yourself
Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.
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Deal Goodness Leadership Need Positive
Technology has given us this wonderful opportunity to have low energy costs. We have to seize that, rather than keep debating and discussing and fighting over it.
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Cost Discussion Energy Fight Low Opportunity Technology Wonderful

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