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 Copy Share Image
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. — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
Changing the ways of governments usually doesn't happen quickly, but time is a luxury the world no longer enjoys. — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
We are addressing duplication and complexity. At the same time, we are investing more in research and development, speeding up the time to market… — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
Like all major transitions in human history, the shift from a linear to a circular economy will be a tumultuous one. It will feature… — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
Even though we live in a fast-changing world with short term-ism all around, it requires years of determination to transform a company and structurally… — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
The entire dynamics of the lighting market are changing. Value is moving toward systems and services. — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
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… — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
The conventional way of selling products out of the catalogue no longer works; the relationship needs to become more sticky. — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
How can we keep people healthy, and if they get sick, how can we treat them right the first time? — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
Lumileds is a highly successful supplier of lighting components to the general illumination, automotive, and consumer electronics markets, with a strong customer base. — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
Tech can help population health, make health more accessible, more affordable. Tech can also get people get more included in the economy and contribute… — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
Philips is uniquely positioned to help reshape and optimize population health management by leveraging big data and delivering care across the health continuum, from… — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
It has not escaped us that other competitors have also identified health as an attractive marketplace. — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
Compassion, together with contractual responsibility for one's workforce, is a mark of a top employer. — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
Our strategy is focused on driving better outcomes for patients and higher productivity for hospitals. — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
