There’s a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.
MICHAEL PORTERSound strategy starts with having the right goal
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Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.
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Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously.
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Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.
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Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.
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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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In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”
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Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.
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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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Risk is a function of how poorly a strategy will perform if the ‘wrong’ scenario occurs.
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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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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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Sound strategy starts with having the right goal
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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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Efforts to preserve all industries will lower the national standard of living.
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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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