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Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.

Michael Porter

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
Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.
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Business Money Philanthropy Thinking Time Wasted Time
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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Cost Discussion Energy Fight Low Opportunity Technology Wonderful
Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.
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Choice Decline Kind Strategy
Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.
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Community Company Effect Urban
A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique.
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Company Seek Strategy Territory Unique
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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Health History Medicine Organization Patient Service
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
A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.
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Definition Goal Success Target Value
In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”
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Best Business Majority Simplicity
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
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
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Choice Essence Strategy Yourself
Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.
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Change Confusion Hands Opportunity
You can’t be all things to all people.
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Be Yourself People Self Love
The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.
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Ability Change Constant Continue
Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously.
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Occur Rare Strategy

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