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Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.

Michael Porter

The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.
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Ability Change Constant Continue
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
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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Consistency Direction Each Other Improvement Strategy
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
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Choice Essence Strategy Yourself
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.
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Choice Different Strategy Yourself
Health 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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Health History Medicine Organization Patient Service
There’s a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.
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Effect Fundamental Operational Strategy
Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.
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Choice Decline Kind Strategy
Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can’t be constantly reinvented.
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Constant Invention Strategy
Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.
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Economics Innovation Issues Prosperity
The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.
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Company Ideas Try Willing
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
Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.
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Community Company Effect Urban
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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Activity Choice Competition Deliver Different Unique
Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.
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Change Confusion Hands Opportunity
The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader – the CEO.
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Leadership Organization Strategy

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