You can't be all things to all people.

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.

Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously

The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you're trying to accomplish.

Businesses must reconnect company success with social progress. Shared value is not social responsibility, philanthropy, or even sustainability, but a new way to achieve economic success. It is not on the margin of what companies do but at the center. We believe that it can give rise to the next major transformation of business thinking.

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

Risk is a function of how poorly a strategy will perform if the 'wrong' scenario occurs.