Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.
MICHAEL PORTERThe essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
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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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There’s a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.
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In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”
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Sound strategy starts with having the right goal
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Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.
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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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A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.
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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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Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can’t be constantly reinvented.
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Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.
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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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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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Ultimately, health care fails the most basic test. It’s not organized around the needs of the patient.
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Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.
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A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique.
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