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Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.

Michael Porter

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
Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.
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Aim Goal Wasted Worth
The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.
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Ability Change Constant Continue
Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.
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Economics Innovation Issues Prosperity
Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously.
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Occur Rare Strategy
Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.
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Deal Goodness Leadership Need Positive
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
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 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
A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.
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Definition Goal Success Target Value
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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Boundary Government Medicine Teaching
In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”
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Best Business Majority Simplicity
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
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
Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.
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Change Confusion Hands Opportunity
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

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