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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
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
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
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
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 sh
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.
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.
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
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.
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 idea
Annie lives in Kenya and wants to help those who need it in innovative ways. But how can you rise up and maximize innovation when your team is spread across the globe?
Pat wanted a good job close to home in an industry that had a future, and thought his job in order fulfillment for patient monitoring would be like any other. But when his son had a neonatal stroke Patrick's life changed in ways he'd never imag
The second season of The Spark takes an in-depth look at work in a global, digital age. We examine the art of collaboration, working across time zones and creative thinking to help us understand how we can embrace this ever-changing world. What
Printmaker Susan Aldworth went to the hospital one day fearing the worst. From then on, her brush with death never left her thoughts. Susan looks inward at human life, but insists that these days, it’s thinkers at the forefront of health techno
What do theatre, science, and art have in common? Corien Pompe paints us a picture. What’s fascinating about Corien is that ... she doesn’t question if people are connected, or how one discipline affects another. Instead, she wonders how anyone
Philips is always looking for the people who are excited about turning the world on its head. Those are the people who, if given the resources, can bring about massive changes, which, in health, can mean a world of good.In this corner, we brin
Simona is the 'work hard, play hard' force behind sustainability innovation at Philips. A published author, professor, and travelling lecturer, she's both inventive and sagacious in her solutions to all sorts of troubles, global and personal. J
Tagrid Ceric was 17 years old in a Bosnia fraught with strife. And like most 17 year olds, her greatest frustration was not being able to go out. She ended up leaving her country to make a new start, although not for the reasons you're thinking
Maarten van Herpen knew at the age of 12 that he wanted to work at a Philips laboratory. Determined to get in the door, he actually made it, and is now one of the organization's top inventors, holding innumerable patents. Maarten is inspired by
Ana Alvarez would like to feed the whole world if she could. She sees feeding her kids, feeding the hungry, and working on healthier, safer inventions for the kitchen as different aspects of the same goal. We’ll learn about her new spin on a sn
Jonathan Palero likes it when things get hairy. Because if everything's running smoothly, where’s the fun in that? It’s only when a problem occurs that you know you can really accomplish something, he says. And when you’ve solved it, you’ve acc
Peru is now a booming holiday destination. But away from the tourist trail and in stark contrast, Pavan Dadlani offers us perspective on how low resource countries like his struggle to invent health solutions. Not to mention the unrealized inno
Ana Molina takes us into the world of male appearance in Chinese culture. A world where your face - and 'keeping face' is your access to opportunities. Not too hard to imagine, is it? Ana gives us some psychological perspective on how we let ou
Dionisio Nunes left a war torn Angola for the Netherlands and didn’t look back. He worked his way into a nice job but never stops looking forward, even to the point of sneaking off to departments he doesn’t belong to, to connect dots. Dionisio
Kurt’s career starts with a dream deferred. His opportunity, won and lost, was working at a pawn shop and playing with jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Kenton. But when this young conga drummer was forced to 'get a real job,' he didn't do
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