Next Level Blog

JANUARY 17, 2011

I found Porter’s book to be a fun and thought provoking read. As an economics geek, I figured Porter had to discuss my favorite principle, opportunity cost, somewhere early in the book.   My observation in working with leaders is that there is often a short circuit in their decision making process.

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Porter Price Executive Coaching Blog 255

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

So take advantage of all the strategy tourists you know and develop opposite behavior. Develop your power play skills and use them as often as you can. Focus obsessively on the short run. Define long term ‘something we can focus on once the basics are in place.’ They show us how not behave.

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Strategy Strategic Planning Porter Simon 59

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Seeking to extend its technological edge (particularly in miniaturization), it acquired more than 100 startup companies while pursuing a vast portfolio of research and product development projects. ” Develop corporate plasticity. Personal leadership is indispensable to operationalizing your purpose.

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Strategy Company How To Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

A brief sampling: Michael Porter and Mark Kramer's " Creating Shared Value ;" Christoper Meyer and Julia Kirby's " Runaway Capitalism ;" Dominic Barton's " Capitalism for the Long Term ;" the collected works of Umair Haque. And in that he sounds a lot like Michael Porter, Dominic Barton, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, etc. Note to U.S.

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Consultative Porter Management Press Release 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

To foster a conversation about the potential implications of connected experiences for designers, technologists, and business people, Albert’s team at Microsoft recently released a short film documentary called “Connecting: Makers.”. For some industries, those basic strategies still hold true today.

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Business Model Venture Capitalist Disruptive Innovation Porter 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

And it's not a short-term problem, either. With such imprecision in the marketplace, companies must take it upon themselves to identify long term risks, quantifying the true value of water in order to steer clear of long-term hazards. Much of the leading work in understanding water risk has come from Coca-Cola.

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Supply Chain Long-term Short-term Porter 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

As Clayton Christensen likes to note , the primary job of leadership today is to “source, assemble, and ship numbers.” And short-term numbers at that. Thought leaders like Christensen, Roger Martin , Michael Porter , and Steve Denning have all argued that shareholder value has been exposed as a flawed paradigm.

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