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 1/26/23 Jens Heitland 1/26/23

EP 206: [Solo] Innovation Strategy gathering - HIQA-Human Innovation Questions Answered with Jens Heitland

In this episode I cover the topic of Strategy gathering as part of preparing for Scenario workshops which will enable an organization to find out what problems the innovation team will focus on.

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?