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Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously.

Michael Porter

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
There’s a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.
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Effect Fundamental Operational Strategy
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 that you must set limits on what you’re trying to accomplish.
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Accomplishment Limitation Strategy Yourself
Risk is a function of how poorly a strategy will perform if the ‘wrong’ scenario occurs.
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Function Performance Poor Risk Strategy Wrong
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
Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.
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Deal Goodness Leadership Need Positive
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
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
Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can’t be constantly reinvented.
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Constant Invention Strategy
Efforts to preserve all industries will lower the national standard of living.
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Effort Live Lower National Preserve Standard
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 choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.
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Choice Decline Kind Strategy
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
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
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.
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Choice Different Strategy Yourself

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