Human Innovation | The Jens Heitland Show

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered Live The topic of this episode was: How not to pitch as a startup Some of the questions I’ll cover in this episode: What is the right process? How do you structure an innovation department? How to convince my manager that we should innovate? How to motivate the organization to innovate? How much should the innovation budget of an organization be? If you h...

Ricardo Rosa Head of Innovation Sonae Sierra, an international Commercial Real Estate Company, joined me to connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship.  In our conversation he shared his story of how he developed from one decade of working in marketing to running the innovation Department in Sonae Sierra. We talk about Innovation in the commercial real estate industry, changing areas insi...

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered The topic of this episode was: How not to pitch as a startup Background story: I have been invited to the mobile world congress in Barcelona and as part of the conference there was the smaller conference 5YFN with different startup pitch stations. I took the time to watch and listen to over 50 startup pitches, in this live show I share the common mistakes...

Tony is the pioneer of Jobs-to-be-Done Theory, the inventor of the Outcome-Driven Innovation® (ODI) process, and the founder of strategy and innovation consulting firm Strategyn. Tony has applied his ODI process at some of the world’s leading companies and across nearly all industries to inform breakthrough innovations—achieving a success rate that is 5 times better than the industry average. Phil...

Ivan Jimenez Head of Innovation at Mutualidad Abogacía and Seed Investor at BackFund joined me to talk about mental adaptation, corporate innovation and how corporations can work with startups.   Guest Links:  Ivan on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanjimenezrivero/ Link to the show: Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at ht...

Dr. Tobias Adam, CEO of Parmenides AG joined me to talk about the Creative Process, we explored how you can learn to think creatively to innovate and dove deeper into complex decision making.   Guest Links:  Tobias on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-tobias-adam/ Business: https://www.parmenides-eidos.com/eidos9/us/   Link to the show: Please find all resources like video, audio, show note...

Tamara Eberle Certified professional Facilitator with two decades of team leadership and organizational development experience joined me to talk innovation. We talked ideation, why the famous sticky notes are not always sign for being innovative and she shared tips and tricks for innovators to innovate. Guest Links:  Tamara on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamaraeberle/ Traction Strategy:...

Marta del Castillo, CEO of Spain Startup - South Summit joined me to talk innovation. She shares her inspiring story from living on 4 continents in different circumstances. We I talk about the importance of purpose driven organizations , Female Leadership as the core skills and of course innovation in startups and corporates.   Guest Links:    Marta on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marta-d...

Steve Baker Facilitator, Coach and Keynote speaker. Steve shared his story and experience working with great leaders as an employee and later as coach. We talked about company Culture, Leadership styles and Leadership capabilities. Enjoy the show.   Guest Links:  Steve on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevejbakerdotcom/ Website: www.stevejbaker.com Link to the show: Please find all resourc...

Alberto Rodriguez is a serial entrepreneur who has built a software business that he sold in 2014 he used this to do a gap year and build interesting innovative businesses. Andres Haddad grew up in Venezuela, worked in Italy and Belgium before he moved to spain first as an intern and today as CEO of The Cube. Together we explore their stories, the innovation ecosystem and of course THE CUBE and ho...

Stephen Brooks the Retail Expert and I explore the definition of innovation, how the Retail Real Estate industry can benefit from innovation and how organizations and leadership can adapt.   Guest Links:  Stephen Brooks LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenabrooks1/ Jens Heitland LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jensheitland/ Link to the show: Please find all resources like video, aud...

EP 144: Storytelling through travelling - Ranjan Pal on travel writing and the process of telling stories   Ranjan is Travel Writer who stept out of the corporate world and documents his adventures for the most famous travel magazines around the world. We go deep into his process and uncover his learnings.   Guest Links:    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjan-pal-1891981/ Instagram: https...

Monica and I explore her story how she early on learned the value of authenticity the physical move to San Francisco changed her life and of course healing, teaching and curiosity in all depth to innovate yourself and business. Guest Links:  LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicacanfieldlenfest/ Architecting curiosity:  https://www.architectingcuriosity.com/ Instagram:  https://www.instagra...

How to innovate through personal impact. Doug Faulkner Performance & Career Coach, Personal Impact & Innovation Training Practitioner joined me to deconstruct a fictive case in the Innovation Culture Coding live show. The Case: A successful design agency has reached a plateau and is in their comfort zone. They look for different ways to innovate. They know they need to involve the team and...

Retail Experts Ulrike Spang-Lessnow, Ron Thurston and Stephen Brooks joined me for the Innovation Breakfast Club Retail edition to explore innovation through the people on the frontline. Guest Links:  Ulrike Spang-Lessnow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulrike-spang-lessnow-56179a22/ Ron Thurston:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rthurston/ The Retail in America Tour:  https://www.retailpride.com/ Stephe...

How might a leading European bank grow its market share and remain competitive in the 21st century? Bruno Pešec President Pesec Global joined me to deconstruct a fictive case in the Innovation Culture Coding live show. The Case: European banks have been hit on multiple fronts, from changes in customer expectations and behaviour driven by fin-techs to new market entrants due to PSD2, to unbundling...

Daniel Ospina Organization & Social System Designer and former Head of (decentralized) Governance at Aragon joined me to talk about organization design in the web 3 environment and the power of decentralized autonomous organizations. Guest Links:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/conductal/ Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episo...

Welcome to the Jens Heitland Show where I meet with experts from different fields to connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship. Dennis Luijer, Joshua Nuttall and Werner Puchert joined me to review all 9 innovation breakfast club episodes we recorded in 2021 and what we learned from them. Guest Links:  Joshua: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-nuttall-xyz/ Werner: https://www.linkedin.co...

Learn from the failure stories of experienced entrepreneurs Dennis Luijer and Mika Goeckel who joined the 6th Entrepreneurs F*ck Up night hosted by Can Adiguzel and Jens Heitland.   Link to the show page and guests: Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at https://www.heitlandinnovation.com/entrepreneurs-fu-night   Links to Jens Heitl...

How embracing change can help innovation and personal development. Gwen Deloux Coach and Innovation consultant with the client and consumer at the heart of what she does joined me to deconstruct a fictive case in the Innovation Culture Coding live show. The Case: A small to medium sized company wants to double down on sustainability. They established a new innovation team to drive strategic initia...

Ask Agger CEO of Workz, a Danish change agency specialized in organizational culture, serious games, radical innovation, and experience design. In our conversation we explore how organizations can work with change by using the right tools like games and storytelling to facilitate movement. Guest Links:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/askagger/ Business: https://www.workzchange.com/ Please f...

Mark Neild started his career as a helicopter pilot. He completed an MBA, and worked in telecom and consulting before taking a year off to build his own business in New Zealand. He also teaches at the University of Bristol. In our conversation we explore his journey towards entrepreneurship, the dependency of mindset and culture and how he teaches students and job seekers to innovate and build bus...

Bishoy Sadek is an expert in project management with more than 8 years in international development cooperation and sustainability, business development, private sector development through public-private partnership, process consulting, and change management. In our conversation we explore innovation for international development, how countries are cooperating, and talk about the corporate and per...

Gene Gerrienne Partner - UK & International Markets at Early Metrics a company that is rating startups and through that helps corporate innovators and funds stay ahead of the curve.    Together we explored innovation from startup, corporate and venture perspectives, we dove into mental health, lifestyle. Gene shared his stories of finishing a 100km run and the importance of mindset  for startu...

Innovation In A Sophisticated Fortune 500 / Multinational. Nick Jankel, CEO of Switch On who delivers transformational leadership & transformations innovation programs—as well as books, coaching & peer-coaching toolkits—that draw on his “Cell to System" curriculum joined me to deconstruct a fictive case in the Innovation Culture Coding live show.   The Case: A multinational engineerin...