Human Innovation | The Jens Heitland Show

Human Innovation explores leadership where decisions, responsibility, and scale intersect.

Hosted by Jens Heitland, CEO of Heitland Media Group and former Global Head of Innovation at IKEA Centres, the show features long-form conversations with CEOs and senior leaders from international organizations.

Each episode focuses on how leaders think, decide, and navigate complexity, not just what they have built. The conversations move beyond surface level success stories to examine judgment, trade offs, and the human realities of leadership at scale.

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Jens Heitland 6/26/22 Jens Heitland 6/26/22

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

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.

Jens Heitland 8/4/21 Jens Heitland 8/4/21

EP 60: Innovation and sustainability in the built environment

In this Episode I meet with David Johnson where he tells the stories of how he developed his expertise over time. We explore how he facilitates the innovation culture around biophilic design in the teams in SERA Architects, his passion for Climate Change, and a new innovative way to accelerate investments in regenerative technologies with a SPAC (Special-purpose acquisition company) and more.

Jens Heitland 7/18/21 Jens Heitland 7/18/21

Ep 41: Outcome based urban strategies

Connecting the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship with Christopher Choa. Chris is a Global Trustee of the Urban Land Institute. He is an active Board Advisor for a wide range of organizations related to real-estate, urban mobility, energy, and digital design.