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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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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
The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.
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Change Endurance Pace Principle Technology
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
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
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Choice Essence Strategy Yourself
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
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
Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.
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Aim Goal Wasted Worth
A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.
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Definition Goal Success Target Value
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
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
You can’t be all things to all people.
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Be Yourself People Self Love
Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.
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Change Confusion Hands Opportunity
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
Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously.
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Occur Rare Strategy
Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.
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Effect Operational Performance Superior
Efforts to preserve all industries will lower the national standard of living.
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Effort Live Lower National Preserve Standard

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