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Like all major transitions in human history, the shift from a linear to a circular economy will be a tumultuous one. It will feature heroes and pioneers, naysayers and obstacles, and moments of victory and doubt. If we persevere, however, we will put our economy back on a path of growth and sustainability. Frans van Houten
History Path Victory Heroes Will Doubt Back Our Circular Feature Put Major Obstacles Like Economy However Shift Linear Persevere Pioneers Human Sustainability Tumultuous Transitions Human History Moments Growth
Government should seek more strategic approaches to developing dynamic, resilient infrastructure. Business must be more creative in offering financing solutions as partners with government, and people must support sustainable innovation as a public policy priority. Frans van Houten
Government Business Creative Innovation People Approaches Must Financing Solutions Seek More Developing Support Policy Partners Priority Offering Sustainable Dynamic Public Infrastructure Should Public Policy Strategic Resilient
Meaningful innovation can be an important catalyst in encouraging resilience in seniors, keeping them independent and engaged. Frans van Houten
Innovation Important Seniors Independent Catalyst Encouraging Them Meaningful Engaged Keeping Resilience
Healthcare is a conservative marketplace. Frans van Houten
Conservative Marketplace Healthcare
Insurers reimburse critical care, not the avoidance of incidents. Therefore, investments are not targeted towards prevention. Frans van Houten
Care Critical Prevention Investments Towards Targeted Avoidance Incidents Therefore
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. Frans van Houten
People Benefits Care Chronic Possible About Could Disappears Concerns Expectations Disease Confronted Aside Themselves Swept Connected Resistance
Tech can help population health, make health more accessible, more affordable. Tech can also get people get more included in the economy and contribute and drive growth, and growth and wealth are great contributors to a safer world. Frans van Houten
Health Great People World Wealth Drive More Economy Also Make Safer Accessible Contribute Get Affordable Help Included Population Tech Growth
When I became CEO, I was really worried that we were in commoditized segments that were mature and no longer growing. So we made a radical pivot into health technology because that is one of the world's unmet needs. Frans van Houten
Health Needs Technology World Made Radical Worried Segments Longer Became Because Were Mature CEO Really Growing
Great companies need to reinvent themselves. We can do that: we can stay relevant, we can grow, and we can stay successful. It takes courage, but it's a path we've been preparing for carefully. Frans van Houten
Great Courage Path Carefully Relevant Stay Takes Been Themselves Successful Companies Grow Preparing Reinvent Need
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. Frans van Houten
Government Opportunities Our Diminishes About Risk Hospitals Suppliers Well Private Continue Domestic Sell Very Optimistic While China Growth
The conventional way of selling products out of the catalogue no longer works; the relationship needs to become more sticky. Frans van Houten
Needs Relationship Become Way Out More Catalogue Longer Sticky Selling Conventional Conventional Way Products Works
In an aging world with more chronic disease, health and healthcare are enormous opportunities that we want to focus on. Frans van Houten
Health World Opportunities Focus Enormous Chronic More Healthcare Disease Want Aging
Minimally invasive surgery is the way forward: the patient goes home the next day; there are fewer complications. Frans van Houten
Day Home Patient Way Complications Surgery Goes Fewer Next Forward
We typically sell a catheter lab to a hospital, and it sits there for the next 10 years, and we don't visit the cardiologist on a daily basis. Volcano have a disposable business. They are in the cath lab on a daily basis. Frans van Houten
Daily Business Visit Hospital Volcano Years Lab Sell Next Disposable Daily Basis Basis
I think, going forward, we need to be much more modest on expectations with regard to China growth: That's just being realistic. Frans van Houten
Realistic Think More Expectations Going Just Being Regard China Modest Much Forward Growth Need
At the core, Philips is an innovation company. And for innovation to work, you need to look for the unmet needs. Frans van Houten
Work Needs You Innovation Look Company Need Core
Light is one of the basic areas that will give you comfort, but it is undergoing a technological revolution in moving from conventional lighting to semiconductor-based lighting, and as it does that, it is becoming intelligent with the transition from analogue to digital. Frans van Houten
You Light Digital Will Revolution Analogue Give Area Lighting Undergoing Comfort Does Becoming Intelligent Conventional Moving Transition Basic Technological
We have transformed Philips into a focused leader in health technology, delivering innovation to help people manage their health. Frans van Houten
Health Technology Innovation People Leader Focused Delivering Manage Transformed Help Help People
To become the global leader in HealthTech and shape the future of the industry, we will combine our vibrant Healthcare and Consumer Lifestyle businesses into one company. Frans van Houten
Future Will Leader Become Our Lifestyle Shape Consumer Combine Global Industry Healthcare Vibrant Businesses Company
A siloed approach between suppliers doesn't really help hospitals well enough. Frans van Houten
Enough Approach Hospitals Suppliers Between Well Well Enough Really Help
The computer can do a much better job than the human eye, as it is much more systematic in analysing tissues. Frans van Houten
Better Job Analysing Systematic Eye More Better Job Computer Than Human Human Eye Much
In the Asian marketplace, we need to come out with products every nine months, not every two years. Frans van Houten
Every Nine Nine Months Months Marketplace Out Come Years Asian Products Two Need
The shift in demand is toward partners that can improve productivity, and in part, that can be done by software. Frans van Houten
Software Part Toward Demand Partners Shift Improve Done Productivity
Price erosion in components is quite fast. If you can capitalize on that by bringing products to the market faster, you will actually gain a better margin realization. Frans van Houten
You Better Will Faster Market Components Price Erosion Quite Gain Realization Capitalize Products Fast Actually Margin Bringing
In the back of my mind was the nagging discussion: where do we take the portfolio? You can get rid of TV, fine, but then you are in lighting and in health, and those don't have a lot to do with each other. Frans van Houten
Health You Mind Other Back Those TV Fine Take Lighting Lot Discussion Get Where Then Rid Each Portfolio
If we are going to get a grip on escalating costs, we have to focus more on prevention rather than acute care. Technology can help us do that. Frans van Houten
Technology Care Focus Rather More Costs Prevention Escalating Than Get Going Grip Us Help Acute
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