Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Porter, director of Harvard's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. Porter's insights on strategy and execution? Strategy is not something that is done in a bottom-up consensus process. A while back, The Wharton School published an article on strategy formulation, from Michael E.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2011

Consider that when there are 500 of us in some setting all pursuing our own agendas, it's very difficult to get a consensus on anything. This is what all managers in all firms aspire to — it is the holy grail that lies at the end of the search for excellence, and the promise of Michael Porter's teachings. except sometimes).

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Witness Chris Lazslo's work on sustainable value , and Michael Porter's theorizing about shared value. In a previous study Ashridge conducted in partnership with the Academy of Business in Society — Developing the Global Leader of Tomorrow (PDF) — we found a high level of consensus on the capabilities required.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2012

However, Roger Martin , Michael Porter , Christopher Meyer and Julia Kirby , and other thoughtful commentators have noted that the intent to maximize shareholder value has resulted in myopic management overly obsessed with short-term financial returns. The consensus served as a vital frame for the discussions that followed.

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