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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EP 139: Organization design in Web 3 - Daniel Ospina on the power of web 3, decentralized autonomous organizations and more
Daniel Ospina Organization & Social System Designer and former Head of (decentralized) Governance at Aragon joined me to talk about organization design in the web 3 environment and the power of decentralized autonomous organizations.
EP 138: Review 2021
Joshua Nuttall, Dennis Luijer and Werner Puchert joined me for this Innovation Breakfast Club Episode where we looked back at the 9 Breakfast Club episodes we recorded in this setting in 2021
EP 137: Entrepreneurs F*ck Up Night Vol. 6
Entrepreneurs F*ck Up Night Vol 6
Learn from the failure stories of experienced entrepreneurs Dennis Luijer and Mika Goeckel who joined the 6th Entrepreneurs F*ck Up night hosted by Can Adiguzel and Jens Heitland.
EP 136: Future proofing - Innovation Culture Coding featuring Gwen Deloux
Innovation Culture Coding featuring featuring Gwen Deloux
Future proofing
How embracing change can help innovation and personal development
Gwen Deloux Coach and Innovation consultant with the client and consumer at the heart of what she does.
EP 135: Change That Workz - Ask Agger on how to work with change that matters, gamification, change leadership and more.
Ask Agger CEO of Workz, a Danish change agency specialized in organizational culture, serious games, radical innovation, and experience design.
EP 134: The Culture of Innovation - Mark Neild on teaching entrepreneurship, flying helicopters, a mousetrap story and more.
Mark Neild started his career as a helicopter pilot. He completed an MBA, and worked in telecom and consulting before taking a year off to build his own business in New Zealand. He also teaches at the University of Bristol.
EP 133: International Development - Bishoy Sadek - How countries cooperate and innovate
Bishoy Sadek is an expert in project management with more than 8 years in international development cooperation and sustainability, business development, private sector development through public-private partnership, process consulting, and change management.
EP 132: Pleasure and purpose – How startups get rated and how mental health impacts success.
Gene Gerrienne Partner - UK & International Markets at Early Metrics a company that is rating startups and through that helps corporate innovators and funds stay ahead of the curve.
Together we explored innovation from startup, corporate and venture perspectives, we dove into mental health, lifestyle. Gene shared his stories of finishing a 100km run and the importance of mindset for startup founders and corporate innovators.
EP 131: Leading & Landing Transformational
Innovation Culture Coding featuring featuring Nick Jankel
Leading & Landing Transformational
Innovation In A Sophisticated Fortune 500 / Multinational.
As CEO of Switch On, Nick delivers transformational leadership & transformations innovation programs—as well as books, coaching & peer-coaching toolkits—that draw on his “Cell to System" curriculum. Working directly and with partners, Switch On supports leaders—from global multinationals to local start-ups—to develop the wisdom, warriorship, and world-changing innovations needed to transform their enterprises & systems.
EP 130: Innovators are Rough Diamonds - Nicole Yershon on innovation in big companies, connecting and fearlessness.
In this episode I connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship with Nicole Yershon Founder and CEO of The NY Collective and author of the book Rough Diamond. Nicole and I talked about innovation in large organizations, why she called herself the “fixer”, the opportunity of diversity in companies and many more topics.
EP 129: The future of organizations
Joshua Nuttall - Web 3 expert, Stephen Brooks - the retail pop-up expert, and Jeff Parks - a user experience and design expert joined me for this Innovation Breakfast Club episode where we explored what the future of organizations might look like.
EP 128: Increase your potential
Increase your potential
How might a Solar company design new products to replace less efficient ones.
Ellia Harris coaches business leaders in the sustainability, social enterprise, and nonprofit sectors on innovation strategies and developing their team’s problem-solving abilities.
EP 127: Sustainable innovation
Sustainable innovation
How to build an innovation program to accelerate sustainable change.
Mladen Panov Innovation coach empowers organisations in the sustainability sector to innovate by using the Impact Kickbox Program that brings startup and innovation mindset into the heart of the organisation.
EP 126: Scaling for the Spotlight
Scaling for the Spotlight
Why Entrepreneurs Need to Focus on Operations.
Alicia Butler Pierre founder of Equilibria, Inc. a boutique operations management firm specializing in increasing bandwidth for fast-growing small businesses. joined me to deconstruct a fictive case in the Innovation Culture Coding live show.
EP 125: Marketer in Chief - Jason Voiovich on product innovation, marketing strategies of the US presidents and more.
Jason shared his innovation stories from kettle framing to the marketing of presidents, we covered his curiosity around the scientific process, how he helps a Museum with Dinosaurs and of course explore the innovative process of his book.
EP 124: Innovation through inner leadership
Innovation through inner leadership.
How to overcome personal challenges and create business outcomes.
Barnet Bain is a Canadian filmmaker, executive coach and educator. Select film credits include Milton’s Secret (director, writer) based on the novel by Eckhart Tolle, Oscar-winner What Dreams May Come (producer), Emmy-Award nominee, Outstanding TV Movie, Homeless to Harvard (executive producer), The Celestine Prophecy (writer, producer), and The Lost and Found Family (director). Barnet is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council and a founding member of the Association of Transformational Leaders.
EP 123: Entrepreneurs F*ck Up Night Vol. 5
Entrepreneurs F*ck Up Night Vol 5
Learn from the failure stories of experienced entrepreneurs.Roel van den Berg and Sepehr Hamzehlouia joined the 5th Entrepreneurs F*ck Up night hosted by Can Adiguzel and Jens Heitland.
EP 122: Innovation through play
Innovation through play. Architecting Curiosity to innovate.
Pim Schachtschabel leads strategic direction, project design, and marketing campaigns that expand and evolve brands. He creates compelling stories and customer experiences that reach audiences across a wide range of touch-points, including physical and digital.
EP 121: Social Innovation - Madison Marks
In this episode I connect the dots of innovation and entrepreneurship with Madison Marks, Director of The Social Innovation Lab at Johns Hopkins University. We talk about her experience living and working in the Middle East, the importance of being aware of the local culture for business and how she coaches startups to create social impact.
EP 120: Result generating innovation
How to innovate through a powerful structured and result oriented innovation method? Rex Bierlaagh, entrepreneur in (social) innovation management joined me to deconstruct a fictive case in the Innovation Culture Coding live show.