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The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.

Michael Porter

You can’t be all things to all people.
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Be Yourself People Self Love
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
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 setting yourself apart from the competition. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do – it’s a matter of being different at what you do.
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Better Competition Different Started Yourself
In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”
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Best Business Majority Simplicity
Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.
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Economics Innovation Issues Prosperity
The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.
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Best Myself Strategy Teacher
Sound strategy starts with having the right goal
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Goal Right Sound Start
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
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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Activity Choice Competition Deliver Different 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
Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.
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Aim Goal Wasted Worth
Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can’t be constantly reinvented.
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Constant Invention Strategy
The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.
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Company Ideas Try Willing

The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.

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