black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you’re trying to accomplish.

Michael Porter

Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.
MICHAEL PORTER

Deal Goodness Leadership Need Positive
The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader – the CEO.
MICHAEL PORTER

Leadership Organization Strategy
The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.
MICHAEL PORTER

Ability Change Constant Continue
The thing is, continuity of strategic direction and continuous improvement in how you do things are absolutely consistent with each other. In fact, they’re mutually reinforcing.
MICHAEL PORTER

Consistency Direction Each Other Improvement Strategy
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.
MICHAEL PORTER

Cost Discussion Energy Fight Low Opportunity Technology Wonderful
Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.
MICHAEL PORTER

Community Company Effect Urban
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
MICHAEL PORTER

Choice Essence Strategy Yourself
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.
MICHAEL PORTER

Choice Different Strategy Yourself
Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.
MICHAEL PORTER

Aim Goal Wasted Worth
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.
MICHAEL PORTER

Health History Medicine Organization Patient Service
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.
MICHAEL PORTER

Better Competition Different Started Yourself
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.
MICHAEL PORTER

Big Goal Leadership Problem Profit Yourself
If all you’re trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it’s unlikely that you’ll be very successful.
MICHAEL PORTER

Rival Success Try Yourself
Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.
MICHAEL PORTER

Economics Innovation Issues Prosperity
Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.
MICHAEL PORTER

Effect Operational Performance Superior
The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.
MICHAEL PORTER

Change Endurance Pace Principle Technology

The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you’re trying to accomplish.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you’re trying to accomplish.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Michael Porter Quotes