Interview Jens Heitland as Podcast Guest
I connect Innovation and Leadership to Human Innovation
About Jens:
As former global Head of Innovation IKEA Centres Jens set out to change the way businesses innovate.
Jens Heitland combines Innovation and Leadership to Human Innovation.
After Jens stepped down as global Head of Innovation IKEA Centres in 2019, he set out to accelerate the way organizations innovate successfully.
He believes that processes and the organizational setup are just one part of the Innovation equation. Human Leadership is the missing part to innovate an organization successfully.
Innovation + Leadership = Human Innovation
Everything he does is part of this equation. Jens is considered one of the leading minds of corporate innovation. Known as CONNECTEUR he is described as a forward thinker and connector of thoughts, people and businesses by the people he engages with.
Jens is an innovator at heart - he innovates businesses with people. Today he owns or co-owns several businesses. He is the founder of SUCCEED, a Leadership Education Platform that is set out to bring leadership education to 1 billion people by 2030. He owns The Human Innovation Academy where he and his colleagues help innovative leaders and teams to build innovation into their organizations. Jens owns HEITLAND INNOVATION, a company that helps organizations to innovate through an innovative interim Innovation Manager setup which has served clients in UK, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, United States, The Netherlands and Spain. He is also the Founder of SUCCEED a Leadership Education Platform focussed on Startup Leaders.
In addition to contributing to several companies he lectures at StartUB! Barcelona University, Amsterdam University and is a Startup Mentor at StartUB! of Barcelona University and ROCKSTART.
His podcast Human Innovation - The Jens Heitland Show ranks among the top podcasts in the innovation field globally. He is a public speaker and talks about human innovation, reverse mentorship and what he learned innovating at local and global positions in companies like IKEA, Deutsche Bank(M+W Zander) , Fjord (Accenture) and Foot Locker.
Ideas For Episode Titles / Main Focus
Innovate the IKEA Way
Learning to lead
Human Innovation the future of organizations
Innovate your business?
How to lead organizations into the future?
Questions Jens Is Always Ready To Answer
Why and how do we have to change leadership?
What do we need to change in organizations to succeed long term?
How to lead organizations into the future?
How to innovate in an organization?
How to build a innovative leadership brand?
How to lead yourself?
How to lead others ?
How to build an innovation setup for a business?
What is the best innovation process?
Episodes Jens has been a guest on
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Short Bio:
As former global Head of Innovation IKEA Centres Jens is set out to change the way businesses innovate.
He started his career as electrician on construction sites in Germany in 1997. From there on it was a constant growth curve, starting within the Facilities Service sector before he answered the calling of IKEA.
Within his 11 years in IKEA he developed from local Team Leader in an IKEA store in Germany to Global Head of Innovation for IKEA Centres in the Headquarter in Sweden.
In 2019 he stepped out of the IKEA Universe to build his own business. First part time, still working with Fjord the global Design and Innovation Agency of Accenture and later all into his own business HEITLAND Innovation GmbH.
He has lived and worked in 6 countries and follows his mission to inspire millions of people to innovate the human way. He wants to equip humans in businesses with the capabilities to solve the biggest challenges from the inside out.
Next to the businesses he owns or co-founded he hosts the Human Innovation Podcast where he connects innovation with leadership to human innovation. And finally he is a passionate Triathlete with several IRONMAN finishes under his belt.
Performance through Innovation & Entrepreneurship