Frans van Houten Quotes
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At the core, Philips is an innovation company. And for innovation to work, you need to look for the unmet needs.
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A siloed approach between suppliers doesn't really help hospitals well enough.
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We have transformed Philips into a focused leader in health technology, delivering innovation to help people manage their health.
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We can't think in terms of designing products that we throw over the wall to customers, but instead, we need to design products that are upgradable and maintainable and that can be mined for materials and components that can be reused.
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Sometimes that Dutch consensus approach doesn't move you forward fast enough.
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Lumileds is a highly successful supplier of lighting components to the general illumination, automotive, and consumer electronics markets, with a strong customer base.
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If we are to ensure that healthcare remains affordable and widely available for future generations, we need to radically rethink how we provide and manage it - in collaboration with key health system partners - and apply the technology that can help achieve these changes.
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Healthy people are not very motivated to manage their health. They just don't care.
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We knew we could put the company on the right side of history by decisive transformative action and by redefining our purpose to improving people's lives through innovation.
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Waste does not exist in nature because ecosystems reuse everything that grows in a never-ending cycle of efficiency and purpose.
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We invented television and stuck with it for 50 years, and then I decided to get out of that. I would like people to know that we are broader than consumer electronics.
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Poor diet and sedentary behaviour have led to an increase in obesity and lifestyle-related disease and a huge rise in chronic medical conditions.
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Concerns about the possible side-effects of connected care are swept aside by the expectations of the benefits when people are confronted with a chronic disease themselves. Resistance that could be privacy-related completely disappears.
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I think, going forward, we need to be much more modest on expectations with regard to China growth: That's just being realistic.
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Our strategy is focused on driving better outcomes for patients and higher productivity for hospitals.
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It has not escaped us that other competitors have also identified health as an attractive marketplace.
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Time may not be on our side, but innovation is.
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You need to dismount when your horse is dead. What was relevant 20 years ago is no longer relevant today. Therefore, you need to reinvent yourself.
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We are very optimistic about our opportunities in China. Our toothbrushes continue to sell very well, while the growth of private hospitals diminishes the risk of government preferring domestic suppliers.