Michael Porter Quotes

With experience also comes the understanding that you have to beat the rally before you can beat the competition.

Just like a script, you need to keep a business plan to yourself.

A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique.

There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.

Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail.

The values we developed were instrumental in gaining a competitive advantage.

Our focus is to see that we are growing faster than the industry and, whichever product we launch, we do better than competition. We try and manage our operations better than competition. Essentially, we try to be better than what we were the previous year.

I feel very good about our business and the speed at which we are executing our strategy to drive differentiation for Accenture and accelerate our rotation to The New.

Understanding how to compete better has really made a difference.

If you could get all the people in the organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.

Synergy is the driver. There are two levels of synergy: there are operating synergies, which, you know, you'd have to be stupid not to try to take advantage of, and then there are strategic synergies. In other words, in what positions you would be more sustainable, more long term, and so on.

Organizational health is the single greatest competitive advantage in any business.

An organization's strategy is simply its plan for success. It's nothing more than the collection of intentional decisions a company makes to give itself the best chance to thrive and differentiate from competitors.

The best strategy is always to be very strong.

Leaders determine the level of an organization.

Scale will get you strategy.

I think as a company, if you can get two things right--having a clear direction on what you are trying to do and bringing in great people who can execute on the stuff--then you can do pretty well.

Business strategy is the battleplan for a better future.

Good ideas need good strategy to realize their potential.

I'm a strategist, not a motivator. I'm obsessed with finding strategies that create real results in the shortest period of time.

The two most fundamental strategic choices are deciding where to play and how to win.

Strategy is, above all else, the search for above average returns.

Any approach to strategy quickly encounters a conflict between corporate objectives and corporate capabilities. Attempting the impossible is not good strategy. It is just a waste of resources.

Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.

If you don't have a viable strategy, you will be defeated by someone who does.