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GOOGLE on the professions of the future

20 September 2019

Principle of the day

Strategic choice

Strategy requires choices and trade-offs; a company trying to be everything to everyone loses a clear position.

Michael PorterAmerican strategy professor and author of competitive-advantage conceptsSource: Strategy and competitive advantage

Quote of the daycustomer orientation

‘What is our business?’ is not determined by the producer but by the customer.

Peter DruckerAustrian-American management thinker and authorAttributed

Quote of the daycustomer value

Marketing is not the art of finding clever ways to dispose of what you make. It is the art of creating genuine customer value.

Philip KotlerAmerican marketing professor and author of business textbooksAttributed

Principle of the day

Parkinson’s law

Work expands to fill the time available for its completion; time constraints can counter process bloat.

Cyril Northcote ParkinsonBritish historian and author associated with Parkinson’s lawSource: Parkinson’s law

Quote of the daydemand creation

In blue oceans, demand is created rather than fought over.

Renée MauborgneAmerican INSEAD strategy professor and co-creator of the blue ocean conceptSource: What Is Blue Ocean Strategy?

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