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 230: Public speaking - How to use your body as an instrument with Lauri Smith

In this podcast episode, public speaking and leadership coach Lauri Smith shares her insights on how authenticity and charisma can propel individuals up the corporate ladder. Throughout the discussion, she underlines the importance of staying true to oneself, tapping into personal charisma, embracing silence, and using breath to manifest one's core message.

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EP 208: Stakeholder pitching - How to win the buy in of internal stakeholders before you start prototyping- Jens Heitland

EP 208: Stakeholder pitching - How to win the buy in of internal stakeholders before you start prototyping- Jens Heitland

Welcome to HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered

This episode covers the topic of winning stakeholders before you start prototyping an idea inside of your innovation funnel.

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EP 196: [Live Q&A] Collaborate to SUCCEED- Live Q&A with Jens Heitland

This Q&A is the live stream Q&A of SUCCEED.The vision of succeed is to bring free leadership education to 1 billion people by 2030 Questions I answered:

  • How do I motivate a team member?

  • How do you generate collaboration in a matrix organization?

  • How do I give negative feedback?

  • Our company is very hierarchical. I feel like I don't have a voice. How can I get the management to listen?

  • How do I build my network in a matrix organization?

  • How to develop a team member to perform better?

  • I get more and more tasks from my manager because she knows that when I get it it will be done. What can I do?

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EP 195: [Live Q&A] Ask and Lead to SUCCEED- Live Q&A with Jens Heitland

This Q&A is the live stream Q&A of my Startup SUCCEED.

The vision of succeed is to bring free leadership education to 1 billion people by 2030

Enjoy me answering the following questions around leadership.

- How do I lead a team remote?

- How do I lead my first job interview

- How do I stand out as a talent?

- How do I coach a person?

- How do I manage a conflict between 2 team members?

- How to communicate effectively with an international team?

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EP 193: Delegate to lead - Ask & Lead to SUCCEED - Live Q&A with Jens Heitland

This Q&A is the live stream Q&A of my Startup SUCCEED.

At SUCCEED we want to democratize leadership and find ways to provide leadership education to as many people as possible.

As phase 1 of the startup we are focussing on Educational content where fist I (Jens) teach 4 webinars and then bringe more educators onto the platform to build leadership educational content.

Enjoy me answering questions around leading others.

SUCCEED on the Web: https://www.wearesucceed.com/

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EP 192: Leading through trust - Ask & Lead to SUCCEED - Live Q&A with Jens Heitland

This Q&A is the live stream Q&A of my Startup SUCCEED.

At SUCCEED we want to democratize leadership and find ways to provide leadership education to as many people as possible.

As phase 1 of the startup we are focussing on Educational content where fist I (Jens) teach 4 webinars and then bringe more educators onto the platform to build leadership educational content.

Enjoy me answering questions around leading myself.

SUCCEED on the Web: https://www.wearesucceed.com/

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EP 190: Lead to SUCCEED - HIQA with Jens Heitland

Announcing a new Startup that is democratizing Leadership Education.

In this episode I will go deeper into the background of SUCCEED.

What is the mission, the problem we want to solve and more.

Explore SUCCEED: https://www.wearesucceed.com/

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EP 188: How not to lead - HIQA with Jens Heitland

In this episode I let the listener look into my big list of things I have written down during the last 20 years that I did not like about how people lead me.

I call this list how I will not lead. I am looking at this list at least once per year to remind myself about all the topics.

Topics I cover:

I will not micromanage my team

I will not jump in and solve every problem

I will not be a tank / asshole

I will not let people “hurt” me in public

I will not be the grumpy manager

I will not shout at others

I will not type while a person talks to me

I will not blame my team members in public

I will not talk negative about people behind their back

I will not wait to long to take decisions

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EP 186: Corporate Innovation - How to build an innovation team? - HIQA Live with Jens Heitland

The topic of the episode: Corporate Innovation - How to build an innovation team?

  • Questions I answered in the live show:

  • What is the right org setup for innovation?

  • How do I find the right people for innovation?

  • Do I need to lead innovators differently?

  • How do I train people to innovate?

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