The Spark

The Spark

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The Spark episodes

  • S3E6 - More and better
    Fabia Tetteroo-Bueno has worked for Philips across the globe over her 23 year-long career. She started her new job has Market Leader for Latin America 2 weeks before the COVID-19 crisis forced countries into lockdown. But Fabia has been through crises before, including a typhoon in the Philippines that devastated the country. Fabia talks about lessons learned from other cultures, trusting your gut, and how COVID-19 is speeding up transitions that were needed.
    20 min
  • S3E5 - Our changing world
    Robert Metzke, Head of Sustainability at Philips, grew up in East Berlin. He was just a teenager when the Wall fell, but that sudden, fundamental change has always stayed with him. In this episode, he talks about how climate change is linked to healthcare, embedding sustainability in every process, and orchestrating change to ensure it has a positive impact.
    22 min
  • S3E4 - "Henka"
    When we think of Japan, we tend to think of innovation. And when Hitoshi Aizawa left a 30-year career in IT to join Philips as Senior Director of Solutions a few years ago, he realized that would be needed to deal with the quickly-changing face of healthcare in Japan. In this episode he talks about helping both customers and employees make the transition from input-based models to value-based care, and thinking big by celebrating the small.
    19 min
  • S3E3 - Change is a constant
    Kala has a mission. As the head of the Philips Innovation Hub in Bangalore, she works together with other hubs around the globe to positively change access to care - in her own country, which has one of the largest populations in the world, but also in Asian and African markets. Whether it's using data to improve treatment and shorten time spent in the hospital or AI to drive better outcomes, Kala's goal is to take the hub to the next level.
    19 min
  • S3E2 - Two roads diverge
    Portia Singh is a senior scientist in healthcare technology at Philips North America - one of the fastest changing industries on the planet. In this episode, she discusses the importance of realizing the impact of your work, and shows us how she's managed to link that with her passion for exercise and helping the elderly.
    19 min
  • S3E1 - Life 2.0
    Craig Horton describes how a life-threatening event inspired him to change lives for the better, and to accomplish his goal of completing the world's most difficult running race - a week-long series of marathons in the Sahara Desert.
    22 min
  • S2E6 - The Pivot

    Maud never lost interest in working when she had kids. But as any busy working parent knows, sometimes you have to be flexible.  Maud has learned the art of how to pivot, both at home and in her role as a Procurement Engineer too.  

    22 min
  • S2E5 - The Disruptors

    The things Ke Ke Qi builds may not be made of mortar and bricks, but as a Software Architect at Philips' China Digital Innovation Lab, he creates digital structures and platforms. This is how digital innovation works in the global age. Adapting to it is part of his job.

    19 min
  • S2E4 - It's 9 O'Clock Somewhere

    You know the expression “It’s 5 o’clock somewhere”? Pradeep seems to be much more interested in the fact that it’s 9 o’clock somewhere. His job is definitely not 9 to 5, and he likes it that way.  

    20 min
  • S2E3 - Getting It Just Right

    When you have an idea that's a game-changer, you want to make sure that it's executed perfectly. That's Kok Leng Tan's job as group leader for Function and Product Development for Garment Care in Singapore - to make sure that revolutionary ideas actually work.

    19 min

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A podcast about the mind at work.