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" 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 reap the rewards. Innovation companies need to set their sights on solving unmet needs - but this approach requires focus and long-term tenacity. "

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" When you try to master the emotions of a decision and say, if you're 50 years from now and you look back, 'Did we take the right decisions?' Then the decision becomes a lot easier. "

" At the core, Philips is an innovation company. And for innovation to work, you need to look for the unmet needs. "

" I think, going forward, we need to be much more modest on expectations with regard to China growth: That's just being realistic. "

" Indeed, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will greatly lead to increased consumer health awareness and self-management and will enable individualized treatment pathways supported by tele-health care and coaching. "

" How can we keep people healthy, and if they get sick, how can we treat them right the first time? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Changing the ways of governments usually doesn't happen quickly, but time is a luxury the world no longer enjoys. "

" We can only compete in the world against competitors from Asia, the United States, or wherever if we look at unmet needs. "

" 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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" Time may not be on our side, but innovation is. "

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" There's much unlocked potential in Philips. "

" Our strategy is focused on driving better outcomes for patients and higher productivity for hospitals. "

" The shift in demand is toward partners that can improve productivity, and in part, that can be done by software. "

" 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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" Sustainable solutions based on innovation can create a more resilient world only if that innovation is focused on the health and well-being of its inhabitants. And it is at that point - where technology and human needs intersect - that we will find meaningful innovation. "

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