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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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The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader – the CEO.
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Leadership Organization Strategy
There’s a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.
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Effect Fundamental Operational 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
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
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
The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.
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Ability Change Constant Continue
Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.
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Change Confusion Hands Opportunity
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
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
The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.
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Change Endurance Pace Principle Technology
A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique.
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Company Seek Strategy Territory Unique
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.
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Choice Different Strategy Yourself
Efforts to preserve all industries will lower the national standard of living.
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Effort Live Lower National Preserve Standard
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 company without a strategy is willing to try anything.
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Company Ideas Try Willing
Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can’t be constantly reinvented.
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Constant Invention Strategy

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