First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 31, 2011

Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy Joan Magretta Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why organizations can achieve and then sustain competitive advantage, especially in turbulent and uncertain times Although this book offers – in my opinion — the single best introduction to the major insights (..)

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Playing to Win : How Strategy Really Works by A.G. Where Winners Live : Sell More, Earn More, Achieve More Through Personal Accountability by Dave Porter and Linda Galindo. Lafley and Roger L. American Turnaround : Reinventing AT&T and GM and the Way We Do Business in the USA by Edward Whitacre with Leslie Cauley.

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LDRLB

MAY 25, 2011

Last week LDRLB released its new paper, The Portable Guide to Strategy , which (among other things) outlined Michael Porter’s positioning school of strategy. In this video, Porter explains his theory of the five forces that shape much of business strategy. Strategy porter positioning strategy'

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

resource) Strategic Planning Models: Frameworks such as the BCG Matrix, Ansoff Matrix, and Porter's Five Forces help executives formulate and execute strategic plans.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 28, 2012

Strategy. The latest thinking from the great strategists of the era – Michael Porter, Henry Ginsberg, Rosabeth Kanter, John Kotter. At the risk of this blog appearing as an advertorial for Harvard, I’ll gladly admit that Harvard Business Review was my favorite management resource.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 9, 2011

In her recently published book, Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy, Joan Magretta has much of value to say. Each has an especially effective strategy based [.].

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Rapid BI

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Michael Porter's five forces is a model used to explore the environment in which a product or company operates. The post Porter's Five Forces – Competitor Analysis (Michael Porter) appeared first on RapidBI.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

Forbes: Porter or Mintzberg – Whose View of Strategy is the most Relevant Today? Look back, zero in on what worked and adjust your focus. Make Quarter 2 look like the best of Quarter 1. AubreyDaniels: Famous Sports Wisdom to Use at Work. by @profkjmoore. Bonus for my Twitter followers: free performance assessment ($24.95

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Operational effectiveness (OE) means performing similar activities better than rivals perform them. Operational effectiveness includes but is not limited to efficiency. It refers to any number of practices that allow a company to better utilize its inputs by, for example, reducing defects in products or developing better products faster.

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LDRLB

AUGUST 5, 2013

Below you’ll find who we feel are the 2013 top 50 professors on twitter, broken into lists around leadership, innovation, and strategy, as well as five at-large professors. Michael Porter. Innovation Leadership Strategy innovation strategy top professors on twitter' Leadership. Bill George. Harvard Business School.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 19, 2012

To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Michael Porter, the world’s leading authority on competition and strategy, [.].

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

This post is the third in a series about the various schools and models of making organizational strategy. Strategy is an analytical process. The positioning school is most closely associated with its undisputed champion, Harvard professor Michael Porter. In this way, strategy is not creative; it is simply a matter of analysis.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 22, 2016

This month’s festival is all about Vision and Strategy. Laura Barnard of PMO Strategies takes a realistic look at change management and change resistance with ideas for doing change WITH people instead of TO them. . Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.

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LDRLB

AUGUST 22, 2012

Below you’ll find who we feel are the top professors on twitter, broken into lists around leadership, innovation, and strategy. Michael Porter. We thought it’d be worthwhile to share with you the people we learn the most from. Leadership. Bill George. Professor, Harvard Business School. Bill_George. Gianpiero Petriglieri.

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Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

GUEST POST from Greg Satell In 1980, a young Harvard Business School professor named Michael Porter published Competitive Strategy, which drove thinking on the subject for the next 30 years. In essence, he argued that you build sustainable competitive advantage by maximizing bargaining power throughout a value chain.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 5, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Joan Magretta for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * I’ve just finished reading Jim Collins’ latest book, Great By [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 18, 2011

To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * I just finished a two-year project looking at Michael Porter’s [.].

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 18, 2015

Through asking questions and listening to experts, Matt’s team picked up insights that informed the aid strategy they eventually landed on. With Everest closed for the season, the porters who help mountaineers transport their gear during expeditions were suddenly unemployed. What issues and challenges were other aid providers facing?

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 18, 2015

Through asking questions and listening to experts, Matt’s team picked up insights that informed the aid strategy they eventually landed on. With Everest closed for the season, the porters who help mountaineers transport their gear during expeditions were suddenly unemployed. What issues and challenges were other aid providers facing?

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Innovation Porter Transportation Tourism 150

LDRLB

MAY 4, 2012

There are a lot of books on strategy. Light strategy books have the word strategy in the title, but offer little in the way of applicable insights on organizational strategy. The Strategy Book is neither of these, but also both. The strategy book is divided into two main sections.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

This post is the third in a series about the various schools and models of making organizational strategy. Strategy is an analytical process. The positioning school is most closely associated with its undisputed champion, Harvard professor Michael Porter. In the [.]

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Six Disciplines

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

According to Michael Porter, the essence of strategy is deciding what not to do. BusinessWeek published an article " Are You Losing Control of Your Business? " in which it advised: "No. 1 on your to-do list? Make a "stop doing" list". BOTTOMLINE: As part of the strategic planning process, a distinctive step in Discipline I.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 10, 2011

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters Richard Rumelt Crown Business (2011) How and why a good strategy “acknowledges the challenges being faced and provides an approach to overcome them” As the title of this review correctly indicates, Richard Rumelt is convinced (and I agree) that a good strategy can provides both a [.].

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LDRLB

JANUARY 30, 2014

Michael Porter has argued that ‘ the essence of strategy is choosing what not to do ’ but the real world essence of strategy is figuring out the best route from available means to desirable ends. Strategy is about shaping the future. Strategy involves the unknown. We cannot know what will work before it works.

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Power Porter Strategy Fashion 142

LDRLB

JANUARY 5, 2011

A fantastic video from Michael Porter, of strategy fame, explains why business leaders must focus on shared value — creating products and services that benefit not only the company but also society. Strategy capitalism porter shared value'

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In 1980, a young Harvard Business School professor named Michael Porter published Competitive Strategy, which drove thinking on the subject for the next 30 years. In essence, he argued that you build sustainable competitive advantage by maximizing bargaining power throughout a value chain.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 30, 2013

“It’s better to have grade-B strategy and grade-A execution than the other way around.” Michael Porter ——————– In my introductory post, 12 Vital signs of Organizational Health, I listed the 12 signs. Here is sign #11: A healthy organization excels at execution. This is the question.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Con esta frase inicia Michael Porter, en 1979, su artículo seminal “Cómo las fuerzas competitivas le dan forma a la estrategia” que definió la idea de estrategia para una generación completa de líderes empresariales. "En esencia, el trabajo del estratega es entender y hacer frente a la competencia".

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Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

According the Harvard strategy expert, Michael Porter: "The essence of strategy is deciding what NOT to do.". And, according to management guru Peter Drucker: “Half the leaders that I have met don’t need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop.” You do have a stop list.don't you?

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 3, 2014

As someone who works with a variety of organizations in my roles as strategy and innovation consultant, venture capitalist, professor, and mentor, this question intrigues to me. Alex Osterwalder Business Model Innovation Culture For-Profit Innovation Leadership Mali Health Menasha Packaging Social Entrepreneurship Strategy'

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

Trust Inc: Strategies for Building Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset Barbara Brooks Kimmel, Editor Next Decade, Inc. Gentile Next Decade Peter Firestein Randy Conley Robert Easton Robert Porter Lynch Trust Inc.: Strategies for Building Your Company''s Most Valuable Asset William Benner'

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 5, 2017

In 1980, an obscure professor at Harvard Business School named Michael Porter published Competitive Strategy, which called for managers to drive efficiency by optimizing their firm’s value chain, maximize bargaining bargaining power with buyers and suppliers, while at the same time minimizing threats from new market entrants and substitute goods.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 13, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Solving Problems with Design Thinking: Ten Stories of What Works Jeanne Liedtka, Andrew King, and Kevin Bennett The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools Liz Wiseman, Lois Allen, and Elise Porter The Year Without […].

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Wiseman Porter Blog McKinsey 75

First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works A.G. Lafley and Roger Martin Harvard Business Review Press (2013) “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” ” — Michael Porter I am pleased that A.G. Whereas in the [.].

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Charan Review Rogers Porter 75

LDRLB

AUGUST 17, 2010

So when Wally offered to send me a review copy of Ruthless Focus: How to Use Key Core Strategies to Grow Your Business , I was excited (and to be honest, flattered). Hall and Bock argue that lasting companies ruthlessly focus on their core strategy. They offer a simple definition of strategy. and “How are we going to make money?”

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

Strategy : In this chapter they look at the business model environment: context, design drivers, and constraints. It seems that they are adapting their work from Micheal Porters 5 forces. Then delving into questions like, how should your business model evolve in light of a changing environment? This final chapter puts it all together.

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Business Model Executive Coaching Execution Blog 141

LDRLB

JULY 6, 2011

The process that started in the 1950’s evolved through various strategic analyses including SWOT, Michael Porter’s competitive model, core competencies, strategic intent and business transformation. John Bell is a strategy consultant and former CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Kraft, Nabob). Strategy bell planning strategy'

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