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 43: Innovation and the Power of Positivity
Connecting the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship with Seth van der Meer.
Seth is the Disruptor-In-Chief. He is an entrepreneur and has founded and co-founded over 10 companies. He has advised and mentored dozens of startups, scale-ups, and associations.
Ep 42: Special Edition - Mentorship
This is a special edition of the Jens Heitland Show where I meet and talk with Joshua Nuttall to explore what leaders of today can learn from leaders of tomorrow. Today's discussion is all around Mentorship
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.
Ep 40: Bill Kistler - Stories from Disney
Connecting the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship with Bill Kistler. Bill is the Former Executive Vice President of Europe for the International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC).
Ep 39: Change
In this episode, we discuss, how you gain different perspectives and think differently how we challenge ourselves and how a playground might help companies to learn
Ep 38: Entrepreneurial Culture Design
Connecting the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship with Leigh Gamon. Leigh is Service Design Lead at Fjord the Innovation & Design arm of Accenture. She is an experienced change and culture designer.
Ep 37: Evidence based innovation in sport
Connecting the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship with Simon De Burgh.
Simon is the Performance and Nutrition Director at @tri_force_endurance and Founder of Velo performance cycling club
Ep 36: Motivation
This is a special edition of the Jens Heitland Show where I meet and talk with Joshua Nuttall about Reverse Mentorship and what leaders of today can learn from leaders of tomorrow.
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.
Ep 34: Entrepreneurial Culture II
We discuss entrepreneurial cultures and how young minds and the digital environment might contribute to them.
Ep 33: Entrepreneurial Culture
We discuss entrepreneurial cultures and how young minds and the digital environment might contribute to them.
Ep 32: Innovate through intuition
Connecting the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship with Miinkay Yu.
Miinkay is a Podcast Host and Life Purpose Coach she helps people to discover their passions and turn them into a career. Additionally, she is a Bodyworker and Outdoor Enthusiast.
Ep 31: The business of Climate
Connecting the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship with Brian Kilkelly - The Business of Climate. Brian is a Partnership developer, motivator, and public speaker.
Ep 30: Visual Design and Innovation
In this episode, I talk to Jakob Holmsberg about his view on Design, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship.
Ep 29: Reverse Mentorship
This is a special edition of the Jens Heitland Show where I meet and talk with Joshua Nuttall about a Reverse Mentorship prototype that was initiated last year called the XYZ Playground.
Ep 28: Innovation in refugee camps
Connecting the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship with Jonas Engberg Jonas is the Director of Partnerships & Innovation at CARE Denmark
CARE is a non for profit organization and a global leader dedicated to ending poverty.
Ep 27: Sales Funnels and Marketing
Connecting the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship with Lexi Ruffell.
Lexi is an Entrepreneur and Expert in Online Marketing and Sales funnels
she is the CEO of Marketing Choreography and the host of the podcast the funnel after party.
Ep 26: Product Management and Co-Design
Andrew Lovett-Barron is the Founder of Knowsi - a Consent Management Software for Researchers and the owner of the Product Management and Co-Design Consultancy - Stupid Systems.
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.
Ep 24: Young entrepreneurship
Cristian is a young entrepreneur and Specialist in the Information Security & Data Privacy area on top he is the co-founder of 2 businesses