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.
MICHAEL PORTERHealth 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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Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.
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Efforts to preserve all industries will lower the national standard of living.
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Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.
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You can’t be all things to all people.
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Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.
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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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The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.
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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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Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.
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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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Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.
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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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Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.
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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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A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique.
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