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Roger Martin

Roger Martin

@roger-martin · 7 positions · 0 changes of mind

Strategy writer and Professor Emeritus at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, where he was Dean from 1998 to 2013; co-author with A.G. Lafley of Playing to Win.

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  1. Our reading

    Companies are the biggest net beneficiaries of regulation that purportedly aims to benefit their customers.

    government

    Their wordsThese two personal experiences – and the many others these two have spurred me to watch – have convinced me that companies are the biggest net beneficiaries of regulation that purportedly aims to benefit customers.

    ↗AI Regulatory Strategyrogerlmartin.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  3. Our reading

    Hope is not a strategy; an integrated set of choices is.

    agencyideas vs execution

    Their wordsHope is not a strategy. An integrated set of choices is a strategy.

    ↗AI Regulatory Strategyrogerlmartin.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  5. Our reading

    A government-run solution should be accepted only once it is shown to be better than the market outcome it replaces.

    government

    Their wordsAlways insist on a public choice strategy that is superior to the private choice model before accepting it. Otherwise, you will be counting on a fantasy.

    ↗AI Regulatory Strategyrogerlmartin.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece

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  7. Our reading

    Change does not mean longstanding rules stop working; anyone claiming they have must give a logical argument why.

    Their wordsThe important lesson here is that change doesn’t mean that longstanding rules stop working. Of course, that outcome is possible. But to be at all convincing, you must make a logical argument as to why the rules would stop working.

    ↗The Logic of Strategy Argumentsrogerlmartin.substack.com 1st of 4 in this piece

  9. Our reading

    Intangible assets are arguably harder to replicate than tangible ones.

    Their wordsIn fact, it is readily arguable that intangible assets are harder to replicate than tangible ones.

    ↗The Logic of Strategy Argumentsrogerlmartin.substack.com 2nd of 4 in this piece

  11. Our reading

    Practitioners must think for themselves, because business school professors and even Harvard Business Review cannot be counted on for sound arguments.

    Their wordsThe key practitioner insight here is that you need to think for yourself. You simply cannot count on business school professors or even Harvard Business Review to present logically sound or empirically supported arguments.

    ↗The Logic of Strategy Argumentsrogerlmartin.substack.com 3rd of 4 in this piece

  13. Our reading

    An argument that comes with neither logic nor data should be judged to have failed, as mere arm waving.

    Their wordsWhen there is neither logic presented, nor data attached, your audit should conclude the argument to have failed and is mere arm waving - which you should avoid like the plague.

    ↗The Logic of Strategy Argumentsrogerlmartin.substack.com 4th of 4 in this piece

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