Jens Heitland on Leadership, Reputation, and Innovation at Scale

Keynotes grounded in experience inside complex global organizations

Speaking Inquiries

Speaking Engagements

International Innovation Event - Moscow, RU

Airbus - Hamburg, DE

Cundall - London, UK

Aragon Exterior - Zaragoza, ES

Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies, Copenhagen, DK

Bank of America, London, UK

PicknPay - Cape Town, SA

International Innovation Jam - Zaragoza, ES

UrbanOvation - London, UK

Borealis - Antwerp, BE

StartUB University - Barcelona, ES

Innovation Event AI-Fortuna - Boise, Idaho, USA

Amsterdam University - Amsterdam, NL

Matchr Human Resource Event - Amsterdam, NL

Tech Recruitment Conference (TRC) - Amsterdam, NL

The Climbing Castle - London, UK

4YFN - Mobile World Congress - Barcelona, ES

Invest in Africa Summit - The Hague, NL

Polaroid Therapeutics - Zurich, CH

Sketch - Tokyo, JP

Berlin Fashion Week - Berlin, GER

British American Tobacco - Hamburg, GER

Bayer - Eindhoven, NL

WXO (World Experience Organization) - London, UK

Designregio - Kortrijk, BE

Startup Nights - Zurich, CH

Tech Recruitment Conference TRC 2024 - Amsterdam, NL

European Innovation Agency - Porto, PT

Rising Stars on Stage - Chicago, USA

Instone - Cologne, GER

Rising Stars on Stage - Helsinki FIN

Selected Keynotes:

Leading with Impact

Innovation fails less often because of a lack of ideas and more often because organizations are not designed to absorb them. Drawing on Jens’s work as Global Head of Innovation at IKEA Centres, this keynote focuses on building systems, leadership behaviors, and decision structures that allow innovation to survive at scale.

Corporate Thought Leadership

This keynote explores corporate thought leadership as a leadership discipline, informed by Jens Heitland’s work with global CEOs on how their individual presence, judgment, and visibility influence trust at scale. It examines how organizations can deliberately activate the personalities and expertise of their leaders to strengthen the company brand from the inside out. Grounded in experience across complex, high-visibility environments, the keynote addresses leadership where coherence is essential and strategic visibility is an asset.

Panel Discussion 4YFN Startup Stage - Mobile World Congress Barcelona

A man giving a presentation to a seated audience in a modern industrial setting with a projector screen displaying text and a face, with electrical equipment and pipes in the background.

Airbus Headquarter, Hamburg - Germany

International Innovation Jam Spain

International Innovation Jam, Zaragoza - Spain

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Tech Recruitment Conference

Amsterdam - Netherlands

Indoor rock climbing gym with a large group of people attending a workshop, seated facing a speaker standing in front of a projected screen.

The Castle Climbing Centre, London - UK

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Innovation Event, Moscow - Russia

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Leadership Bootcamp for Startups at StartUB! Barcelona University, Barcelona - Spain

Panel of nine diverse young professionals on stage at a startup event, with a large screen behind displaying the words 'Leading with impact,' gold disco balls on the floor, and a sign that reads 'Startup Nights' at the top.

Startup Nights Switzerland

Zurich - Switzerland

A man in a blue blazer giving a presentation on sustainable design to an audience in a conference room. The slide on the screen reads 'Sustainable Design: A global case study on sustainable store development at IKEA'.

Brunch Talks Kortrijk

Kortrijk - Belgium

Recordings

Leading with Impact

Practical Tools that I utilized as the global Head of Innovation IKEA Centres.

Scaling Your Team and Skill Set

Mobile World Congress Barcelona 4YFN Startup Stage

Leading with Impact

Startup Nights Switzerland

Keynotes grounded in experience inside complex global organizations

Speaking Inquiries