Michael Porter Quotes

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously.

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.

Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.

Risk is a function of how poorly a strategy will perform if the ‘wrong’ scenario occurs.

In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”

Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.

The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader – the CEO.