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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.

Michael Porter

Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.
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Choice Decline Kind Strategy
Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously.
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Occur Rare Strategy
The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader – the CEO.
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Leadership Organization Strategy
A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.
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Definition Goal Success Target Value
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
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.
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Choice Different Strategy Yourself
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.
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Consistency Direction Each Other Improvement Strategy
Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.
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Effect Operational Performance Superior
Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.
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Change Confusion Hands Opportunity
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
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.
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Rival Success Try Yourself
Ultimately, health care fails the most basic test. It’s not organized around the needs of the patient.
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Basic Care Failure Health Need Patient
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
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Choice Essence Strategy Yourself
Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.
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Community Company Effect Urban
I teach in the medical school, the School of Public Health, the Kennedy School of Government, and the Business School. And it’s the best perch… because most of my work crosses boundaries.
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Boundary Government Medicine Teaching
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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Competition Economy Face Generation Structure Weakness

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