A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.
MICHAEL PORTERStrategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do – it’s a matter of being different at what you do.
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Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.
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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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The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.
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Sound strategy starts with having the right goal
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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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There’s a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.
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The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
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You can’t be all things to all people.
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The U.S. is facing a structural competitiveness problem that is leading to the weakest economy we have seen in generations.
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Risk is a function of how poorly a strategy will perform if the ‘wrong’ scenario occurs.
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Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.
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Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do – it’s a matter of being different at what you do.
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Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can’t be constantly reinvented.
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The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader – the CEO.
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Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously.
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