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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.

Michael Porter

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.
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Best Myself Strategy Teacher
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
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
Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.
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Aim Goal Wasted Worth
Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously.
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Occur Rare Strategy
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
In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”
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Best Business Majority Simplicity
You can’t be all things to all people.
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Be Yourself People Self Love
The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader – the CEO.
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Leadership Organization Strategy
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
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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Cost Discussion Energy Fight Low Opportunity Technology Wonderful
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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Competition Economy Face Generation Structure Weakness
The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.
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Company Ideas Try Willing
Efforts to preserve all industries will lower the national standard of living.
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Effort Live Lower National Preserve Standard
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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Big Goal Leadership Problem Profit Yourself
The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.
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Ability Change Constant Continue

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 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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