B. J. Porter Quotes

The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It's not a matter of being better at what you do - it's a matter of being different at what you do.

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

Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it's about deliberately choosing to be different.

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

If a strategy meets a goal: It's working. If a strategy meets a target: It's a success.

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

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.

He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie.

Caesar salad is one of my favourite lunch foods. You can shovel it in and talk at the same time.

The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.

Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately.

Be like the bluebird who never is blue, For he knows from his upbringing what singing can do

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes.

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

Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.

The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.

The past is never where you think you left it.

Sound strategy starts with having the right goal

The chimpanzees in the zoos do it, Some courageous kangaroos do it Let's do it, let's fall in love. I'm sure giraffes on the sly do it, Even eagles as they fly do it, Let's do it, let's fall in love.

If your goal is anything but profitability - if it's to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader - you'll hit problems.

The generosity of the American public toward the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami has been reflected in the outpouring of support for the Pakistani earthquake victims.

My relationship with "Pollyanna" is a very personal one, because Pollyanna got me through my childhood.

If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful.

A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.

I've owned more sofas than I've had husbands. Both sag in the end, but I generally fall out of love with the furniture quicker than the men.

Ultimately, health care fails the most basic test. It's not organized around the needs of the patient.

The day of the wedding went like these things generally do, full of anxious moments interspersed with black comedy.

Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.

Customers don't expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.

Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can't be constantly reinvented.

It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?

If it would destroy [a 12-year-old boy] to be called a girl, what are we then teaching him about girls?

Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are.

We need not fear the future or falter in hope or good cheer, because God is with us.

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

The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.

A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.

So long as you've got your friends about you, and a good positive attitude, you don't really have to care what everyone else thinks.

Invest in yourself, in your education. There's nothing better.

The more you photograph, the more you realize what can and what can't be photographed. You just have to keep doing it.

Poetry is either language lit up by life or life lit up by language

The innovation point is the pivotal moment when talented and motivated people seek the opportunity to act on their ideas and dreams.

Your network is your net worth.

... there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it.

Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it; let's do it, let's fall in love.

The thing is, continuity of strategic direction and continuous improvement in how you do things are absolutely consistent with each other. In fact, they're mutually reinforcing.

Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.

I get no kick from champagne. Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all. So, tell me why should it be true, that I get a kick out of you?

... if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be glad and rejoice, He must want us to do it—SOME.