Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.
MICHAEL PORTERIf 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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Risk is a function of how poorly a strategy will perform if the ‘wrong’ scenario occurs.
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Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.
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A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.
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Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.
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In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”
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The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.
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Efforts to preserve all industries will lower the national standard of living.
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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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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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The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.
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Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously.
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The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you’re trying to accomplish.
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A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique.
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You can’t be all things to all people.
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If a strategy meets a goal: It’s working. If a strategy meets a target: It’s a success.
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