Human Innovation - The Jens Heitland Show
Welcome to The Jens Heitland Show, the podcast for innovative leaders. On this show, corporate innovator and serial entrepreneur Jens Heitland interviews world-class leaders and innovators, and answers questions live in a variety of formats. The goal of this podcast is to inspire more people to innovate businesses in a way that puts humans first. Innovation is not just a process, it's a whole system that requires leadership and support to thrive.
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EP99: How to write a speech for a fortune 500 CEO to build innovation culture
In this Live Show Niels Forsberg deconstructs a fictive case
The Case: Comedian Niels Forsberg uncovered how to code innovation culture by making the CEO of a large corporation more relatable. He has chosen an extraordinary way of doing this through writing a speech for the Christmas party.
EP 98: Diversity of Thoughts
This episode is a special Innovation Breakfast Club where I reconnect with previous guests as we dive deeper into diversity of thought.
EP97: How businesses can create an experience that changes the way we eat
In this Live Show Lui Lezzy deconstructs a fictive case
The Case: An owner of an underutilized physical location has a dream. This person wants to give back to the local community and build a gastronomical experience. He hires Lui Lezzi to help him.
EP96: Mario Herger on Silicon Valley Technology Trends
In this episode I connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship with Mario Herger, technology trend researcher and author. Together we explore his stories of living in Silicon Valley as an Austrian, his views on artificial intelligence, autonomous cars, other trends, and of course the books he has written.
EP95: How to design innovation culture with diversity?
How to design innovation culture with diversity?- Innovation Culture Coding featuring Werner Puchert. In this Live Show Werner Puchet deconstructs a fictive case
The Case: A company is heavily impacted due to the pandemic. They miss out on revenue and look for new opportunities. A Manager of an existing team is engaging Werner to help them.
EP94: Innovate through Teams
This episode is a special Innovation Breakfast Club where I reconnect with previous guests as we explore how to establish innovative teams, how they work, appropriate leadership styles, and more.
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.
EP 92: Skills will change the future
Mfon Akpan Assistant Professor, Accounting Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Mfon is sharing his passion of teaching, how he enables students to build skills and adapt them in technology and business.
EP 91: Youtube your business
Fei Wu YouTuber, Podcaster, Content Creator at Feisworld Media. Fei and I explore how entrepreneurs and corporations can use youtube to innovate their business and validate ideas.
EP 90: Innovate your date
In this episode I connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship together with
Sabina Iman Founder of Blink. Blink is a dating app that enables people present in the same venue match and meet instantly. Sabina is sharing her story the entrepreneurial roller coaster how she developed the dating app Blink and many more stories.
EP 89: Own your experience with Pride
Ron Thurston Founder of TAKE RETAIL PRIDE. Ron is bestselling author and is celebrated as one of the Top 100 Global Retail Influencers in 2021. We dive into his retail experience and he tells the story how he grew personally and professionally from studying design, leading retail stores for Gap, Apple and many more to then further take large responsibilities in some of the most iconic brands in the world.
EP 88: Innovation Space
In this episode I connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship around the innovation space. Werner Puchert, Dennis Luijer and Joshua Nuttall and I explore what an innovation space can be if it is physical, digital, mental or something completely different. After defining it we look into how you can create and explore the space to enable innovation in organisations.
EP 87: Intersection of brilliant minds
In this episode we connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship around people
Mercedes Vidal Werner Puchert, Joshua Nuttall, Debora Labusch, Ulrike Spang-Lessnow, Dennis Luijer and I explore the importance of leadership, community, engagement and many more topics around people.
EP 86: Emotions change choices
Sara Westbrook is an Emotional Resilience Strategist. Sara and I explore how emotions can change company culture, how emotional awareness, emotional management and emotional resilience can enable businesses to flourish, and many more topics.
EP 85: Bringing the magic home
In this episode I connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship together with Anthony Rocco strategist and experience designer, his current project is called architecting curiosity. Anthony and I explore his view on innovation culture, experiences and how to architect curiosity.
EP 84: The ROI of community revitalization
Storm Cunningham the Director of the RECONOMICS Institute. Storm is the worlds thought leader on community revitalization and natural resource restoration. We dig deep into the process of community revitalization, his story and how his businesses evolve over time.
EP 83: TikTok for Business
Marketing Expert Keenya Kelly has build over 450 thousand followers on the social media platform TikTok and we dive deep into how businesses small and large can utilize the innovative spaces of social media.
EP 82: The future of Venture building
Katarzyna Krolak-Wyszynska CEO of Innovatika an international venture building company based in Poland. Together we explore how corporations can innovate thorough corporate venture building. She tells the story how Inovatika came to live and how she learned from the early failures to build out the future of Innovatika.
EP 81: Collective problem solving
Matt Toner Partner of the venture capital company Shred Capital. Together we explore how important the founder spirit and team is while founding a startup, how we can/should collectively solve problems through innovation and more.
EP 80: Vertical Collaboration
Lina Safstrom, Stephen Brooks, Brian Kilkelly and I explore sustainability as an opportunity the importance of vertical collaboration and system change needed in the Retail and Real Estate industry and more.