Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.
MICHAEL PORTERStrategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.
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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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Risk is a function of how poorly a strategy will perform if the ‘wrong’ scenario occurs.
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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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Efforts to preserve all industries will lower the national standard of living.
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The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
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Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.
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Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.
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Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.
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Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can’t be constantly reinvented.
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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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Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.
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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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A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.
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There’s a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.
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The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.
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