Jens Heitland

Human Innovation | The Jens Heitland Show

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Long form conversations with CEOs and senior leaders on leadership, decision making, and innovation inside complex organizations. Hosted by Jens Heitland, CEO of Heitland Media Group and former Global Head of Innovation at IKEA Centres.© The Jens Heitland Show - Heitland Media Group

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Jens Heitland

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Business

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jensheitland.com

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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EP 180: The future of city design - Ocean Jangda on urban design technology innovation districts and cycling. 04.07.2022

Ocean Jangda Urban Technologist world traveler and passionate about Real Estate and City Development. Ocean shared his personal story living in different spaces and we explored technology development in urban design and the impact of it. We talk about cycling and the innovation district in Barcelona. Guest Links:  Ocean on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oceanjangda/ Ocean on Twitter: https:...

EP 179: The Art of Leadership - Jimmy Burroughes on Leadership training, culture and performance 27.06.2022

Jimmy Burroughes The Expert for ways of working helps leaders to change and nurture the culture. Jimmy shares his story from his leadership development inside the Army and we explore leadership from different angles. We talk about leadership training, leadership culture and performance. Guest Links:  Jimmy on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmyburroughes/ Jimmy on Instagram: https://www.in...

EP 178: Sales and social media for Startups - Niraj Kapur on selling in the age of social media, linkedin training and the importance of building relationships 20.06.2022

Niraj Kapur, LinkedIn top Voice in Sales, Trusted Sales Coach and LinkedIn Trainer joined me to connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship. Niraj shares sales advice for startups how they can use LinkedIn and the importance of relationship management. Guest Links:  Niracj on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nkapur/ Website: https://everybodyworksinsales.com/ Link to the show: Please...

EP 177: Nobody cares about innovation - Lemuel Lasher on corporate innovation and a global innovation marketplace 13.06.2022

Lemuel Lasher International Executive, Investor, CEO of Boehme Eckhart LCC and  Chairman of the Board of LEO - Leading Edge Only joined me to connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship. Lem shared his story being Chief Innovation Officer at CSC, the setup, structure and how he changed the innovation culture in CSC. We talk about how he is helping organizations to innovate and the 4 critic...

EP 176: Incredible good content - Marina Specht on innovation in Marketing, leadership and mindset 06.06.2022

Marina Specht CEO of McCann WorldGroup Spain. She spent the first half of her career as an entrepreneur, building a successful branded content agency. The last 15 years she focused on digital marketing, data strategy and digital business transformation, driving innovation and bottom line growth for Fortune 500 companies Marina was awarded: #Ad Age Women to Watch 2016 #PWC Women to Watch 2017-18 #T...

EP 175: How do I manage stakeholders - the human way? - HIQA with Jens Heitland 03.06.2022

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered The topic of today’s episode is: How do I manage stakeholders - the human way? Questions I cover in the show: How do I manage stakeholders - the human way? How to map stakeholders - the human way? Why should you build a relationship with your stakeholders to innovate? How to collaborate with stakeholders - the human way? If you have questions to the topic...

EP 174: How to write a book as entrepreneur - Andrew Dupy on the importance of writing a book as an entrepreneur. 30.05.2022

Andrew Dupy Chief Relationship Officer at Leaders Press, Author of the Book Don't buy the watch, joined me to connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship Andrew shared his story, how he wrote his book and we explored the process of writing a book with the Leaders Press and the great potential for entrepreneurs. Guest Links:  Andrew on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-dupy-...

EP 173: How to transform a business the human way? - HIQA with Jens Heitland 27.05.2022

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered The topic of today’s episode is: How to empower people to innovate? Questions I cover in the show: How to transform a business the human way? How to lead a business transformation the human way? How to communicate a transformation the human way? How to involve employees in a business transformation the human way? How to ensure long term success in a busin...

EP 172: Future Impact Today - Sid Mofya about startups, investing personal development and music. 23.05.2022

Executive Director at Draper Venture Network  - a global alliance of our member funds, who are present on all continents, former Kauffman Fellow and musician. Sid shared his story growing up in Sambia living in the UK and Tanzania before moving to Silicon Valley. We talk about which problems startups should solve, how startup founders develop, funding of startups and dive a bit into education and...

EP 171: How to empower people to innovate? - HIQA live with Jens Heitland 22.05.2022

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered The topic of today’s episode is: How to empower people to innovate? Questions I cover in the show: How to empower people to innovate? How to delegate to innovate? How to build trust to innovate? How to collaborate to innovate? How to support personal and professional growth to innovate? If you have questions to the topic or questions you want me to cover...

EP 170: What is the magic zone in human innovation? - HIQA live with Jens Heitland 19.05.2022

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered The topic of today’s episode is: What is the magic zone in human innovation? Questions I cover in the live show: What is the magic zone in human innovation? Why do you call it the magic zone? How does the magic zone play a role in my human innovation system? How can I lead in the magic zone? How do I engage with the community with the magic zone? How do I...

EP 169: From intern to startup founder - Michael Wilkinson on his forming moments, startup funding and what he learned in a high paced startup environment 13.05.2022

Michael Wilkinson Founder and COO @ Everything has an incredible background from starting as an intern at crowdcube.com where he successfully managed 100+ fundraises totalling £50m+ in his first assignment then launching his own consulting business supporting startups in fundraising and today being part of the founding team of Everything - the financial experience that younger generations actually...

EP 168: Slow Sustainable Fashion - Frank Peralta on Circular Fashion Design 09.05.2022

Frank Peralta Product Designer and former professional Basketball player.  Frank works in the Automotive industry and discovered a circular opportunity to integrate materials from the automotive industry into fashion. We talk about his story and how he sees Peralta Clothing developing. Guest Links:  Frank on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-peralta/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/...

EP 167: How do I lead myself? - HIQA live with Jens Heitland 06.05.2022

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered The topic of today’s episode is: How do I lead myself Questions I cover in the live show How Do I lead myself Why do so many people don’t know what their superpower is? How can we find our superpower? What is our Ambition and how can we find it? What are strategies to keep my ambition? If you have questions to the topic or questions you want me to cover i...

EP 166: Website Strategy - Ebonee Williams on websites for business and people 02.05.2022

Ebonee Williams Website Strategist  joined me to connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship. Ebonee helps women to succeed with a strategically built website. We explored her personal story working in fashion creating Ads for Mercedes Benz working as a journalist for ABC news in New York and how she thinks about websites, email marketing, traveling and more.  Guest Links:  Ebonee on linke...

EP 165: The window to the world - HIQA- Katharina Mormann interviewing Jens Heitland 29.04.2022

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered A slightly different format because I bring an external interview I gave into the podcast. Last week I was interviewed by Katharina Mormann from Aragón Exterior here in Zaragoza Spain. Aragon Exterior is the Foreign Trade and Investment Promotion Agency of the Regional Government of Aragón, Spain. Katharina established a Webinar / Podcast called La Ventan...

EP 164: Everyone is a company - Matheus Provinciali on entrepreneurship, professional football and startups 25.04.2022

Matheus Provinciali, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Manager of Start UB and Associate professor of the Barcelona University and former professional football player from brazil joined me to connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship Of course we talk football and look into how he used the football skills to build his startup and teaches at Barcelona University. We explore the Concept of...

EP 163: How to build an innovation System for a company? - HIQA live with Jens Heitland 22.04.2022

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered The topic of today’s episode is: How to build an innovation System for a company? Because this is a complex topic I have created a PDF that supports visually what I explain, please have a look here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DfIesQjbJ1avy_AXbSfiWzd5jmmKLip1/view?usp=sharing The 4 parts I explain are: Problem What do we want to solve and why? Sourci...

EP 162: Global Poverty Elimination Lab - Sanjay Bhargava on a new global concept that can change the world 18.04.2022

Sanjay Bhargava International Disruptive Innovation Expert joined me again after his appearance on Episode 117 Disruptive Innovation to explore a new concept about how all innovators can work together to eliminate poverty. Guest Links:  Sanjay on Episode 117 Disruptive Innovation: https://www.jensheitland.com/podcasthome/ep-117-disruptive-innovation-sanjay-bhargava-space-x-country-director-india?r...

EP 161: How to build Innovation Culture? - HIQA live with Jens Heitland 15.04.2022

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered The topic of today’s episode is: How to build innovation Culture? Some of the questions I’ll cover in this episode: What is innovation culture? How to build an innovation culture? Why does a company benefit from an innovation culture? How to build an innovation lab? What is the difference between innovation and entrepreneurship? How to build an innovation...

EP 160: People drive performance - Paul Teasdale on performance in motorsport and business 11.04.2022

Paul Teasdale Performance Expert and former Operational Performance Specialist of McLaren joined me to connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship. Paul works with people and helps them to perform. He shared his experience from motorsport how performance in business can be structured through insights data and the key part of the human in this equation. Guest Links:  Paul on linkedin: https...

EP 159: How to generate business impact? - HIQA live with Jens Heitland 08.04.2022

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered The topic of today’s episode is: How to generate business impact? Some of the questions I’ll cover in this episode: Definition of impact! How to change a business model? How to generate quick success to convince my manager? You always talk about leadership and empowerment. What about the business? How to get started with innovation? How to measure success...

EP 158: Energize your life - Simon Alexander Ong on connecting your head with your heart, true happiness and more. 04.04.2022

Simon Alexander Ong is an award winning Life and Executive Coach, Business Strategist, Motivational Speaker and Author. We explored his story of how he encountered difficult times in his life and how they enabled him to be who he is today. And we dove deeper into his book Energize - Find Your Spark, Achieve More and Live Better where he explained the story behind it, how he developed the 4 areas o...

EP 157: How to transform a business - HIQA live with Jens Heitland 01.04.2022

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered The topic of today’s episode is How to transform a business Some of the questions I’ll cover in this episode: What can I do as a manager to manage change? How can Innovation help businesses to transform? How to secure a Business transformation long term? Why should our business transform when everything is well? How can I support transformations as an emp...

EP 156: Leadership Development for Startups - Sina Landorff on leadership development for startup founders 28.03.2022

Sina Landorff (Mrs. Positivity) Entrepreneur, Leadership Coach for Founders and Managers joined me to connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship. We explored how leaders can be developed in startups, the 10 skills of great leaders and we discussed the 5 key tips for every entrepreneur which she explains in more detail inside the episode. Guest Links:  Sina on linkedin: https://www.linkedi...

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