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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EP 145: Demystify Innovation - Stephen Brooks and Jens Heitland defining innovation and how companies can benefit from it.

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.

Jens Heitland 1/26/22 Jens Heitland 1/26/22

EP 141: Retail: Innovating through people on the frontline

Ulrike Spang-Lessnow, Ron Thurston and Stephen Brooks joined me for the Innovation Breakfast Club Retail edition to explore the innovation through the people on the frontline.

Jens Heitland 10/24/21 Jens Heitland 10/24/21

EP 115: The Future of Retail

This episode is an Innovation Breakfast Club where I reconnect with previous guests as we explore different topics, this time the future of retail. We discussed what will make retailers successful in the future and what the future might look like.

Jens Heitland 9/1/21 Jens Heitland 9/1/21

EP 93: Accelerate Diversity the future of Real Estate

Gerard Groener Experienced Executive with more than 35 years in the Shopping Centre / Real Estate Industry. Together we explore the innovation mindset for the industry, look into empowerment Leadership approaches and the future potential of diversity for the Real Estate industry.

Jens Heitland 7/14/21 Jens Heitland 7/14/21

Ep 35: Retail isn't dead

Connecting the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship with Stephen Brooks.

Stephen is the leading expert in commercialization and pop-up retail. He is the author of several books, a speaker, and a business coach.

Jens Heitland 7/4/21 Jens Heitland 7/4/21

Ep 25: Innovation in Corporate Retail

Ulrike is an International Business Leader and Top Retail Executive with leadership positions in brands like

Intersport, IKEA, and Douglas in several European countries.

Jens Heitland 7/2/21 Jens Heitland 7/2/21

Ep 23: Malls & Meeting Places

As the Managing Director of Malls & Meeting Places within Fit For Commerce, Gary Burrows is bridging the offline and online world of retail and real estate.