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Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.

Michael Porter

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
Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.
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Aim Goal Wasted Worth
Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.
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Change Confusion Hands Opportunity
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
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
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
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
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Choice Essence Strategy Yourself
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
Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.
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Choice Decline Kind Strategy
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.
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Choice Different Strategy Yourself
You can’t be all things to all people.
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Be Yourself People Self Love
Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.
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Community Company Effect Urban
In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”
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Best Business Majority Simplicity
Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.
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Effect Operational Performance Superior
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
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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Rival Success Try Yourself

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