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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EP246: Why CEO Thought Leadership Is Not a Time Problem
CEO thought leadership is not limited by time but by system design.
When strategy, production, and distribution align, leadership visibility becomes consistent, scalable, and effective across channels.
EP245: The Structure Behind Successful CEO Thought Leadership Launches
CEO thought leadership succeeds when visibility is structured, consistent, and measurable.
This episode explores how leadership presence becomes recognizable through defined launch timelines, omnipresent channels, and signals that reveal whether visibility connects to real business impact.
EP244: How to Build a CEO Thought Leadership Strategy: The Proven Roadmap
CEO thought leadership becomes powerful when it aligns with personal ambition, business strategy, audience clarity, and industry direction.
This episode explores how structured narratives and future-oriented positioning create long-term influence and commercial momentum at scale.
EP243: How to Build a CEO's Thought Leadership Brand?
A CEO's thought leadership brand is not a social media project but a strategic system built on story, purpose, authenticity, and mental models.
In this episode, Jens Heitland describes the recurring patterns that separate fragmented visibility from structured executive presence. When built with consistency, it becomes one of the most undervalued assets, driving trust, alignment, and long term influence.
EP242: The Quiet Cost of Unstructured Hiring
A calm look at why hiring becomes slow and biased without structure.
This episode explores data-driven recruitment, role intake discipline, comparable interviews, fast evaluation rhythms, and why the human factor remains central even as AI enters the process.
EP241: Unleashing Creativity & Experience Design with Dorchess De Koning
Discover how Dorchess De Koning uses embodiment, play, and experience design to transform teams, foster human connection, and spark innovation. A powerful episode on leading with creativity, purpose, and awe.
EP240: Stuntman on Fire with Chuck Borden
Join veteran stuntman Chuck Borden as he shares insights from over 400 productions. From Hollywood to Europe, learn how he turned risk into innovation and built a creative career through resilience and leadership.
EP239: SUCCESS = IQ x EQ x FQ with Faris Aranki - Walk the Talk London
What if success could be calculated? In this episode, Faris Aranki breaks down a surprising formula: IQ x EQ x FQ. Discover why intelligence, emotional awareness, and focus are all crucial to achieving success—both individually and in teams. Tune in to learn how to put this formula into action.
EP238: Amplify your Whisper with Professional Guitarist and Keynote Concert Speaker Jim Perona
Professional guitarist Jim Perona shares his journey from performing on global stages to redefining his craft after a life-changing diagnosis. Learn how he turned adversity into innovation with keynote concerts that blend music and storytelling to inspire. A must-listen episode on resilience and human potential.
EP237: Building Your Personal Brand with System
Discover how to systematically build your personal brand for career and business success. Learn strategies for visibility, credibility, and content distribution, plus an interactive exercise that reveals what the internet really says about you.
EP236: Immersive Experiences and the Power of Storytelling with Frances Vieras Blanc
Discover the art of immersive experiences with Frances Vieras Blanc on The Jens Heitland Show. Explore how storytelling and design thinking can transform teams, businesses, and lives in this compelling episode. Learn to innovate through engagement and creativity.