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

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In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”
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Best Business Majority Simplicity
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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The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.
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The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.
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Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.
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Risk is a function of how poorly a strategy will perform if the ‘wrong’ scenario occurs.
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There’s a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.
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Effect Fundamental Operational Strategy
Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.
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Aim Goal Wasted Worth
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 choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.
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Choice Decline Kind Strategy
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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The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
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Choice Essence Strategy Yourself
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
Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.
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Efforts to preserve all industries will lower the national standard of living.
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The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader – the CEO.
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Leadership Organization Strategy
Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.
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Change Confusion Hands Opportunity
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 underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.
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Change Endurance Pace Principle Technology
Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.
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Effect Operational Performance Superior
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
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
Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.
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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
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.
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Choice Different Strategy 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 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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