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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 Porter

Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.
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Aim Goal Wasted Worth
Ultimately, health care fails the most basic test. It’s not organized around the needs of the patient.
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Basic Care Failure Health Need Patient
Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously.
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Occur Rare Strategy
The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.
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Change Endurance Pace Principle Technology
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
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.
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Choice Different Strategy Yourself
A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.
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Definition Goal Success Target Value
Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.
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Change Confusion Hands Opportunity
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
Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.
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Community Company Effect Urban
Sound strategy starts with having the right goal
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Goal Right Sound Start
The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.
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Company Ideas Try Willing
If a strategy meets a goal: It’s working. If a strategy meets a target: It’s a success.
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Goal Inspirational Strategy Success Work
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
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

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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