Changing the ways of governments usually doesn't happen quickly, but time is a luxury the world no longer enjoys. — Frans van Houten Changing Copy Share Image
The agreement to acquire Volcano significantly advances our strategy to become the leading systems integrator in image-guided therapies. — Frans van Houten Acquire Copy Share Image
As humans, we've always innovated our way out of problems, whether it was the first torch to light a dark cave or… — Frans van Houten Dark Copy Share Image
If we are going to get a grip on escalating costs, we have to focus more on prevention rather than acute care.… — Frans van Houten Focus Copy Share Image
Indeed, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will greatly lead to increased consumer health awareness and self-management and will enable individualized treatment pathways supported… — Frans van Houten Awareness Copy Share Image
I think of the world as geographical regions, and it excites me to think about the opportunity that Europe can have if… — Frans van Houten Europe Copy Share Image
We are very optimistic about our opportunities in China. Our toothbrushes continue to sell very well, while the growth of private hospitals… — Frans van Houten China Copy Share Image
If we are to ensure that healthcare remains affordable and widely available for future generations, we need to radically rethink how we… — Frans van Houten Future Copy Share Image
City farming is not only possible, it is the very definition of the kind of meaningful, sustainable innovation we will need to… — Frans van Houten Challenges Copy Share Image
We undertook a huge internal transformation to sharpen our customer focus, step up innovation, improve productivity to ensure competitiveness, change our culture,… — Frans van Houten Change 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… — Frans van Houten Complexity Copy Share Image
Engagement with young people is always a refreshing break with routine. It's also a reminder of how we need to constantly keep… — Frans van Houten Engagement 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… — Frans van Houten Great Copy Share Image
Sustainable solutions based on innovation can create a more resilient world only if that innovation is focused on the health and well-being… — Frans van Houten Create 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… — Frans van Houten Economics Copy Share Image
Thanks to the digital and big data revolution, we can start to do what was previously unthinkable - to improve patient outcomes… — Frans van Houten Big Copy Share Image
Certain product categories become less attractive for us because, as they become mature, they become low-cost, and hence, there is less to… — Frans van Houten Invent Copy Share Image
When I became CEO, I was really worried that we were in commoditized segments that were mature and no longer growing. So… — Frans van Houten Ceo 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… — Frans van Houten Data Copy Share Image
A siloed approach between suppliers doesn't really help hospitals well enough. — Frans van Houten Approach Copy Share Image
As soon as a disease is diagnosed, we still need someone to deliver the care. — Frans van Houten Care Copy Share Image
Sometimes that Dutch consensus approach doesn't move you forward fast enough. — Frans van Houten Consensus Copy Share Image
Insurers reimburse critical care, not the avoidance of incidents. Therefore, investments are not targeted towards prevention. — Frans van Houten Avoidance Copy Share Image
Our myopic focus on producing and consuming as cheaply as possible has created a linear economy in which objects are briefly used… — Frans van Houten Economics Copy Share Image
In an aging world with more chronic disease, health and healthcare are enormous opportunities that we want to focus on. — Frans van Houten Aging 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… — Frans van Houten Horse Copy Share Image
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 Expectations Copy Share Image
At the core, Philips is an innovation company. And for innovation to work, you need to look for the unmet needs. — Frans van Houten Business Copy Share Image
Waste does not exist in nature because ecosystems reuse everything that grows in a never-ending cycle of efficiency and purpose. — Frans van Houten Efficiency Copy Share Image
We started experimenting with television in 1928. For a lot of people, Philips has a lot to do with TV. — Frans van Houten Lot Copy Share Image
Government should seek more strategic approaches to developing dynamic, resilient infrastructure. Business must be more creative in offering financing solutions as partners… — Frans van Houten Business Copy Share Image
Growing and aging populations are putting increased pressure on health-care systems that are already buckling under the burden of chronic diseases like… — Frans van Houten Aging population Copy Share Image
I've always flagged that it will take some time to gradually sell down our interest in lighting and basically pivot to be… — Frans van Houten Business Copy Share Image
The traditional way that society looks at healthcare is to let people get terribly sick and then have an emergency room to… — Frans van Houten Change Copy Share Image
Light is one of the basic areas that will give you comfort, but it is undergoing a technological revolution in moving from… — Frans van Houten Comfort Copy Share Image
I am pleased with the response of investors towards Philips Lighting and the successful pricing of the I.P.O. This strategic milestone will… — Frans van Houten Focus Copy Share Image
Health care has to be delivered as an integrated service across the entire continuum of care. This runs from healthy living and… — Frans van Houten Health Copy Share Image
We typically sell a catheter lab to a hospital, and it sits there for the next 10 years, and we don't visit… — Frans van Houten Business Copy Share Image
We can squabble between the siblings in Europe and not be very productive and then see China and the U.S. win over… — Frans van Houten Building Copy Share Image
