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Don't worry about outcomes over outputs when your outputs are saddled with dependencies, silos, lack of instrumentation, drag, committees, politics, etc. It is like worrying about having a great lunch when you are completely constipated. Great outcomes take output (in a culture where you follow up on your bets). John Cutler

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The key to competitive success—for businesses and nonprofits alike—lies in an organization’s ability to create unique value. Porter’s prescription: aim to be unique, not best. Creating value, not beating rivals, is at the heart of competition.

Understanding Michael Porter

Joan Magretta

This section of the book explores a number of fundamental sources of power used in good strategies: leverage, proximate objectives, chain-link systems, design, focus, growth, advantage, dynamics, inertia, and entropy. Obviously, this set is not exhaustive.

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy

Richard Rumelt

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