HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy for Healthcare (featuring articles by Michael E. Porter and Thomas H. Lee, MD)

Prepare for an uncertain future with a solid vision and innovative practices.

Is your healthcare organization spending too much time on strategy--with too little to show for it?

If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones for healthcare professionals to help you catalyze your organization's strategy development and execution.

Leading strategy experts, such as Michael E. Porter, Jim Collins, W. Chan Kim, and Renee Mauborgne, provide the insights and advice you need to:

  • Understand how the rules of corporate competition translate to the healthcare sector
  • Craft a vision for an uncertain future
  • Segment your market to better serve diverse patient populations
  • Achieve the best health outcomes--at the lowest cost
  • Learn what disruptive innovation means for healthcare
  • Use the Balanced Scorecard to measure your progress

This collection of articles includes "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter; "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy," by Michael E. Porter; "Health Care Needs Real Competition," by Leemore S. Dafny and Thomas H. Lee; "Building Your Company's Vision," by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras; "Reinventing Your Business Model," by Mark W. Johnson, Clayton M. Christensen, and Henning Kagermann; "Will Disruptive Innovations Cure Health Care?" by Clayton M. Christensen, Richard Bohmer, and John Kenagy; "Blue Ocean Strategy," by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne; "Rediscovering Market Segmentation," by Daniel Yankelovich and David Meer; "The Office of Strategy Management," by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton; and "The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care," by Michael E. Porter and Thomas H. Lee.

BUY THE BOOK

304 pages

Not yet rated

Community Reviews

AmaliaSilva
Dec 13, 2025
Wow, this looks like an incredibly useful collection for anyone trying to navigate the complexities of healthcare strategy. The focus on real competition and better outcomes at lower cost is exactly the kind of thinking our system needs. On a personal note, after long days of wrestling with these heavy operational topics, I find taking care of my own well-being helps me focus. Simple things like a good walk are much easier since I started looking into joint health supplements; reading different Instaflex reviews actually helped me find something that worked for my stiffness. Balancing deep strategic reads with personal health management makes tackling big challenges feel more sustainable.

See why thousands of readers are using Bookclubs to stay connected.