
The Jens Heitland Show - Human Innovation
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. To find out more, visit our show notes at https://www.jensheitland.com.
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Latest episodes

Dec 19, 2022 • 48min
EP 201: [Interview] Leadership Fundamentals - Peter Anderton about the two rules of leadership
Peter works as Executive Coach and a High Performance Team Engineer. He is a public speaker and has spoken at tedx at the time of the recording the ted talk has 1,5 million views.In our conversation Peter shares the 2 rules of leadership and we explore how the rules can be applied by leaders.Guest Links: Peter on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-anderton/Website: https://peteranderton.com/Inspirometer: https://theinspirometer.com/TED talk: https://youtu.be/oDsMlmfLjd4 Link to the show:Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at https://www.jensheitland.com/Give a review:If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview.Connect with me:Sign up for my weekly Newsletter ("Connect the Dots") where I share the innovative articles, books, podcasts etc. I discovered during the week.: https://bit.ly/Connect-the-dots-NEWSLETTER Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/jensheitland My businesses Businesses:Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.comReverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/SUCCEED: https://www.wearesucceed.com/Link to the show: Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at the show page Give a review: If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast. It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview. Connect with me: Sign up for my weekly Newsletter and get the latest human innovation news into your inbox. Follow me on social media: LinkedInFacebookTwitterInstagramYoutubeTikTok My businesses Businesses: Heitland innovation SUCCEED ...

Dec 16, 2022 • 39min
EP 200: [Interview] Author your own life - AJ Greenberg on memories, and how to document your life collaboratively
AJ Greenberg is the Co-founder of Biograph. A platform where you can document your memories in voice, text, video, photo and can utilize this data to tell your story.In this episode we talk about the importance of storytelling, memories, his experience in writing memoirs and the power of documenting your life.Guest Links: AJ on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aj-greenberg/Biograph: https://www.biographbook.com/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17aZNb4iEnwPAIihTLY6Kw Link to the show:Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at https://www.jensheitland.com/Give a review:If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview.Connect with me:Sign up for my weekly Newsletter ("Connect the Dots") where I share the innovative articles, books, podcasts etc. I discovered during the week.: https://bit.ly/Connect-the-dots-NEWSLETTER Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/jensheitland My businesses Businesses:Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.comReverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/SUCCEED: https://www.wearesucceed.com/Link to the show: Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at the show page Give a review: If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast. It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview. Connect with me: Sign up for my weekly Newsletter and get the latest human innovation news into your inbox. Follow me on social media: LinkedInFacebookTwitterInstagramYoutubeTikTok My businesses Businesses: Heitland innovation SUCCEED ...

Dec 12, 2022 • 50min
EP 199: Focus your intelligence - How emotional intelligent leaders build business strategies with Faris Aranki
Faris Aranki is the CEO of Shiageto Consultancy. Shiageto helps their clients to fundamentally solve complex problems with senior stakeholders, designing solutions that are right for individual businesses and engaging across organizations to turn complexity into business-as-usual.Our wide ranging conversation covers emotional intelligence for Leaders, building strategies, how Faris got onto a billboard in London and many more nuggets.Guest Links: Faris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farisaranki/Business: https://www.shiageto.com/Faris Blog: https://farisaranki.medium.com/Link to the show:Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at https://www.jensheitland.com/Give a review:If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview.Connect with me:Sign up for my weekly Newsletter ("Connect the Dots") where I share the innovative articles, books, podcasts etc. I discovered during the week.: https://bit.ly/Connect-the-dots-NEWSLETTER Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/jensheitland My businesses Businesses:Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.comReverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/SUCCEED: https://www.wearesucceed.com/Link to the show: Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at the show page Give a review: If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast. It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview. Connect with me: Sign up for my weekly Newsletter and get the latest human innovation news into your inbox. Follow me on social media: LinkedInFacebookTwitterInstagramYoutubeTikTok My businesses Businesses: Heitland innovation SUCCEED ...

Dec 5, 2022 • 1h 3min
EP 198: Startup funding - How performance-based equity will accelerate a startup with Chris Joyce
Chris Joyce is the founder of 24 companies in high tech, consumer goods, health, and manufacturing. His products have been sold in more than 11,000 stores in 23 countries. He has users of his tech products in 148 countries across the globe. His newest venture is Gusher. Gusher helps Entrepreneurs to build startups without raising capital.In this episode Chris shares what he learned by building 24 companies, what worked and what did not. We talk about the common mistakes of first time founders and how to avoid them. Finally we talk about the difficulties of funding a startup and how founders can change the game by focussing on performance based equity.Guest Links: Chris on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dealrules/Gusher: https://gusher.co/ Link to the show:Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at https://www.jensheitland.com/Give a review:If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview.Connect with me:Sign up for my weekly Newsletter ("Connect the Dots") where I share the innovative articles, books, podcasts etc. I discovered during the week.: https://bit.ly/Connect-the-dots-NEWSLETTER Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/jensheitland My businesses Businesses:Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.comReverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/SUCCEED: https://www.wearesucceed.com/Link to the show: Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at the show page Give a review: If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast. It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview. Connect with me: Sign up for my weekly Newsletter and get the latest human innovation news into your inbox. Follow me on social media: LinkedInFacebookTwitterInstagramYoutubeTikTok My businesses Businesses: Heitland innovation SUCCEED ...

Nov 28, 2022 • 29min
EP 197: Leadership is a choice - SUCCEED Leaders Chat with Ricardo Rosa
Experienced Leader Ricardo Rosa, Head of Innovation Sonae Sierra shared how he is leading people, how he would like to be lead and more perspectives of his leadership journey.Guest Links: Ricardo on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardo-rosa-035a15/Sonae Sierra: https://www.sonaesierra.com/corporate/en-gbSUCCEED is a platform that is focussed to bring leadership education to 1 billion people by 2030.As phase 1 of the startup we are focussing on Educational content where we do webinars and Q&As with different interesting peopleLearn more about SUCCEED on the Web: https://www.wearesucceed.com/Link to the show:Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at https://www.jensheitland.com/Give a review:If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview.Connect with me:Sign up for my weekly Newsletter ("Connect the Dots") where I share the innovative articles, books, podcasts etc. I discovered during the week.: https://bit.ly/Connect-the-dots-NEWSLETTER Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/jensheitland My businesses Businesses:Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.comReverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/SUCCEED: https://www.wearesucceed.com/Link to the show: Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at the show page Give a review: If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast. It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview. Connect with me: Sign up for my weekly Newsletter and get the latest human innovation news into your inbox. Follow me on social media: LinkedInFacebookTwitterInstagramYoutubeTikTok My businesses Businesses: Heitland innovation SUCCEED ...

Nov 21, 2022 • 30min
EP 196: Collaborate 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 2030Enjoy me answering the following questions: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?SUCCEED on the Web: https://www.wearesucceed.com/Link to the show:Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at https://www.jensheitland.com/Give a review:If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview.Connect with Jens Heitland:Sign up for my weekly Newsletter ("Connect the Dots") where I share the innovative articles, books, podcasts etc. I discovered during the week.: https://bit.ly/Connect-the-dots-NEWSLETTER Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/jensheitland My businesses Businesses:Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.comReverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/SUCCEED: https://www.wearesucceed.com/Link to the show: Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at the show page Give a review: If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast. It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview. Connect with me: Sign up for my weekly Newsletter and get the latest human innovation news into your inbox. Follow me on social media: LinkedInFacebookTwitterInstagramYoutubeTikTok My businesses Businesses: Heitland innovation SUCCEED ...

Nov 14, 2022 • 21min
EP 195: 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 2030Enjoy me answering questions around leadership.SUCCEED on the Web: https://www.wearesucceed.com/Link to the show:Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at https://www.jensheitland.com/Give a review:If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview.Connect with Jens Heitland:Sign up for my weekly Newsletter ("Connect the Dots") where I share the innovative articles, books, podcasts etc. I discovered during the week.: https://bit.ly/Connect-the-dots-NEWSLETTER Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/jensheitland My businesses Businesses:Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.comReverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/SUCCEED: https://www.wearesucceed.com/Link to the show: Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at the show page Give a review: If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast. It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview. Connect with me: Sign up for my weekly Newsletter and get the latest human innovation news into your inbox. Follow me on social media: LinkedInFacebookTwitterInstagramYoutubeTikTok My businesses Businesses: Heitland innovation SUCCEED ...

Nov 7, 2022 • 25min
EP 194: Skills Mindset - Why defense is necessary and offense is mandatory with Dr. Mfon Akpan
This episode is a recording from the SUCCEED Platform where Dr. Mfon Akpan joined me to teach people on the skills mindset.Dr. Mfon Akpan is Assistant Professor of Accounting at Methodist University in Carolina. He is teaching his students in different ways than I have experienced myself. Or did you have a professor who is deep into TikTok, Snapchat and the newest tech and knows how to use e.g. Instagram lives to teach students?SUCCEED is a platform that is focussed to bring leadership education to 1 billion people by 2030.As phase 1 of the startup we are focussing on Educational content where we do webinars and Q&As with different interesting peopleLearn more about SUCCEED on the Web: https://www.wearesucceed.com/Link to the show:Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at https://www.jensheitland.com/Give a review:If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview.Connect with Jens Heitland:Sign up for my weekly Newsletter ("Connect the Dots") where I share the innovative articles, books, podcasts etc. I discovered during the week.: https://bit.ly/Connect-the-dots-NEWSLETTER Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/jensheitland My businesses Businesses:Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.comReverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/Online Courses for innovators: https://heitlandinnovation.teachable.com/Link to the show: Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at the show page Give a review: If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast. It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview. Connect with me: Sign up for my weekly Newsletter and get the latest human innovation news into your inbox. Follow me on social media: LinkedInFacebookTwitterInstagramYoutubeTikTok My businesses Businesses: Heitland innovation SUCCEED ...

Oct 31, 2022 • 19min
EP 193: Delegate to lead - Ask 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/Link to the show:Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at https://www.jensheitland.com/Give a review:If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview.Connect with Jens Heitland:Sign up for my weekly Newsletter ("Connect the Dots") where I share the innovative articles, books, podcasts etc. I discovered during the week.: https://bit.ly/Connect-the-dots-NEWSLETTER Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/jensheitland My businesses Businesses:Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.comReverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/Online Courses for innovators: https://heitlandinnovation.teachable.com/Link to the show: Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at the show page Give a review: If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast. It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview. Connect with me: Sign up for my weekly Newsletter and get the latest human innovation news into your inbox. Follow me on social media: LinkedInFacebookTwitterInstagramYoutubeTikTok My businesses Businesses: Heitland innovation SUCCEED ...

Oct 24, 2022 • 17min
EP 192: Leading through trust - Ask 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/Link to the show:Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at https://www.jensheitland.com/Give a review:If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview.Connect with Jens Heitland:Sign up for my weekly Newsletter ("Connect the Dots") where I share the innovative articles, books, podcasts etc. I discovered during the week.: https://bit.ly/Connect-the-dots-NEWSLETTER Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/jensheitland My businesses Businesses:Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.comReverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/Online Courses for innovators: https://heitlandinnovation.teachable.com/Link to the show: Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at the show page Give a review: If you enjoy this podcast would you be so kind as to leave a short review on Apple Podcast. It takes less than 1 minute and really makes a difference to convince future interesting guests to join me for an interview. Connect with me: Sign up for my weekly Newsletter and get the latest human innovation news into your inbox. Follow me on social media: LinkedInFacebookTwitterInstagramYoutubeTikTok My businesses Businesses: Heitland innovation SUCCEED ...