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.
MICHAEL PORTERThere’s a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.
More Michael Porter Quotes
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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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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 that you must set limits on what you’re trying to accomplish.
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Efforts to preserve all industries will lower the national standard of living.
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A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique.
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You can’t be all things to all people.
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Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.
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The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
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Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.
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Sound strategy starts with having the right goal
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Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.
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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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Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.
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A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.
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