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Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.

Michael Porter

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
A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.
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Definition Goal Success Target Value
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
Efforts to preserve all industries will lower the national standard of living.
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Effort Live Lower National Preserve Standard
You can’t be all things to all people.
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Be Yourself People Self Love
Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.
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Economics Innovation Issues Prosperity
Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.
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Change Confusion Hands Opportunity
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
Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.
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Community Company Effect Urban
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
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
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
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
In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”
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Best Business Majority Simplicity
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

Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.

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