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 208: Stakeholder pitching - How to win the buy in of internal stakeholders before you start prototyping- Jens Heitland

Welcome to HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered

This episode covers the topic of winning stakeholders before you start prototyping an idea inside of your innovation funnel.

Jens Heitland 7/15/22 Jens Heitland 7/15/22

EP 182: Corporate Innovation - How to engage the organizational silos? - HIQA Live with Jens Heitland

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered

The topic of today’s episode is: Corporate Innovation - How to engage the organizational silos?

Questions I answer in the show:

What can I do as a leader in mid management to encourage my team to work better with other teams when innovating?

Other departments work against us, how do I turn this around as a leader?

The other departments (marketing and Finance) are not supporting the innovation efforts despite that it is a clear goal in our company strategy. What can I do as a leader?

Our innovation team works a lot but we don’t get recognized from the organization. What should we do to improve ourselves?

Jens Heitland 6/1/22 Jens Heitland 6/1/22

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

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?