Sound strategy starts with having the right goal
MICHAEL PORTERThe essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you’re trying to accomplish.
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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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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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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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Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.
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There’s a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.
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Efforts to preserve all industries will lower the national standard of living.
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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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Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously.
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A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.
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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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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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The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.
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Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.
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Risk is a function of how poorly a strategy will perform if the ‘wrong’ scenario occurs.
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The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.
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