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Oct 17, 2022 • 42min

EP 191: Grease or Grit? - Occupational Licensing with Morris Kleiner

Morris M. Kleiner is professor and AFL-CIO Chair in Labor Policy at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. He also teaches at the University's Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies. He has received many teaching awards and has served as an expert on labor issues to government, labor, nonprofits, and business.He has published extensively in the top academic journals in labor economics and industrial relations, and is the author, co-author, or co-editor of nine books.Kleiner is a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has been a professor at the University of Kansas, an associate in employment policy at the Brookings Institution, a visiting scholar in the Harvard University economics department, a visiting researcher in the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University, a visiting scholar at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, a senior scholar in the Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and a visiting professor and research fellow at the London School of Economics. He is currently serving as a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.In 2018 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award for work in industrial relations from the Labor and Employment Relations Association. He received his doctorate in economics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. In the episode we talk about his occupational licensing and dive deeper into his book grease or grit. Guest Links: Morris Kleiner https://www.hhh.umn.edu/directory/morris-kleinerBook: Grease or Grit: https://research.upjohn.org/up_press/268/ 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, bookLink 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 ...
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Oct 1, 2022 • 24min

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/#leadandsucceedLink 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 ...
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Sep 19, 2022 • 1h 7min

EP 189: Innovating E-commerce - Jörg Heinemann on innovating e-commerce building a fishing mail order company and corporate innovation

Jörg is driving Innovation and Digitization for one of Europe’s most successful E-Commerce companies based in Germany. His favorite topics are IoT, Smart Home and Conversational Commerce. He founded a fishing mail order company in 1999 and since then loves E-Commerce, Marketing and Digitization since that time.. In this episode we talk about technology and tech innovation. Jörg shares his experience of visiting IFA Berlin and we talk about e-commerce innovation in corporations and the challenges of the German culture for innovation. Guest Links: Jörg on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joergheinemannhl/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 ...
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Sep 16, 2022 • 24min

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

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions AnsweredIn 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 teamI will not jump in and solve every problemI will not be a tank / assholeI will not let  people “hurt” me in publicI will not be the grumpy managerI will not  shout at othersI will not type while a person talks to meI will not blame my team members in publicI will not talk negative about people behind their backI will not wait to long to Take decisionsIf you have questions to the topic or questions you want me to cover in one of the next live shows, please send them to me via email  contact@heitlandinnovation.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://heitlLink 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 ...
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Sep 12, 2022 • 1h 1min

EP 187: Yes, you can innovate - Natalie Turner on leadership development, corporate innovation and talents

Natalie is an experienced innovation specialist having spent over 25 years working as a corporate innovation director, a business consultant and entrepreneur. She has worked for and consulted with some of the world’s leading organizations including Cisco Systems, GSK, LEO Pharma Asia, Edgewell, and the Singapore Government, helping them build innovation systems, culture and capabilities as well as generating new ideas to help them grow their teams and businesses. As Founder of The Entheo Network, based out of Singapore, she has made her passion for purpose and people driven innovation practical as well as inspirational to elevate people’s thinking on not only what they can create, but how - the mind, skill sets and cultural environments - that make everyday innovation happen. In this episode we cover a wide range of innovation topics with a big focus on corporate innovation and leadership as well as talent development.Guest Links: Natalie on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalieturner1/Website: https://www.natalie-turner.net/?r_done=1Women who Lead: https://www.womenwholead.net/?r_done=1Book yes you can innovate: https://www.yesyoucaninnovate.com/?r_done=1Link 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: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 ...
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Sep 8, 2022 • 20min

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

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions AnsweredThe 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?If you have questions to the topic or questions you want me to cover in one of the next live shows, please send them to me via email  contact@heitlandinnovation.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 ...
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Sep 5, 2022 • 1h 4min

EP 185: Human Centered Design - Adam Billing on innovating through design thinking, design fiction and innovation impact assessments.

Adam is the founder of Treehouse Innovation, a London-based innovation consultancy. He specializes in collaborative design, innovation, design thinking, creativity and cross-boundary collaboration. He has led numerous innovation projects and design events for global organizations across sectors. In addition, he has designed and delivered learning programmes with leading business schools including Cambridge University, Imperial College London, Rice University and others.He is the author/co-author of several published works (IBA, Managing Partner, CIPD, Others) focused on strategy, innovation, and learning with special focus on the professional services industries.Adam has previously held positions at Ernst & Young LLP/Cap Gemini Consulting as well as The Institute for Learning at the University of Pittsburgh. He holds an MBA along with a Masters in Public & International Affairs with a special interest in India & China. He has lived and worked in the US, UK, Asia and throughout Europe.Adam is also a musician, whose original compositions have been published and distributed by Sony Music. In this episode we dive deep into human centered design we explore the facets of design thinking and how organizations can use it. He shares a prototype story of a suitcase where he and his team used design fiction and we talk about innovation impact a new innovation competency profile assessment. Guest Links: Adam on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamrbilling/Treehouse Innovation: https://treehouseinnovation.comThe Legal Design Group - The centre of excellence for law firm innovation: https://treehouseinnovation.com/legal-design-thinking/Sprintbase - the innovation platform: https://sprintbase.io/Innovation Mindsets -our Assessment Tool: https://treehouseinnovation.com/innovation-mindsets-assessment/Prof Jeanne Liedtka - The leading academic we partnered with to build it: https://jeanneliedtka.com/Bowman & Poole - the Design Fiction http://bowmanandpoole.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 ...
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Sep 1, 2022 • 26min

EP 184: Corporate Innovation - How can human innovation change business results? - HIQA Live with Jens Heitland

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions AnsweredThe topic of the episode: Corporate Innovation - How can human innovation change business results?Questions I answered in the live show:Because of  covid it is all about saving costs right now in our company. How can I still innovate?Everyone talks about innovation in our company but all we do are small improvements rather than real innovation. How to change that?I am a new leader in an organization and responsible for +100 people. How do I motivate people that are long term in the company to innovate themselves?How could I measure our innovation efforts differently? I am working in finance administration and am responsible for producing the weekly reports. How can we measure innovation?I don’t have an innovation question but hope you can help me. I am working in a large organization and would like to hire a new person but don’t have the head count. How can I get a new headcount approved?I am a manager with 5 direct reports, 5k employee company. My manager has no idea how to lead people. He is micromanaging me and the other managers. I am considering leaving the company but want to give it another last try, any idea what I could do?If you have questions to the topic or questions you want me to cover in one of the next live shows, please send them to me via email  contact@heitlandinnovation.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/jensheitlanLink 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 ...
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Aug 29, 2022 • 52min

EP 183: Innovate through Neurodiversity - Steve Hill on working with autistic IT Consultants and neurodiversity as leaders

Steve Hill is Commercial Director at Auticon UK, a unique, multi-national IT consultancy and social enterprise, which exclusively employs autistic adults as IT consultants. Previously Steve was Business Strategy & Development Director within the Predictive Analytics and IoT sector of McLaren Applied, leading the strategy around “Intelligent Fleet” and "Intelligent Operations" as part of the Intelligent Transport programme.In our conversation we talk about his experiences working with a neurodiverse workforce, the support systems and the benefits for organizations and leaders. Steve also shares the story of his son who grew up with dyslexia and the journey that led him to write kids books with the lead character Jenny Many narrated by “Game of Thrones” Star Gemma Whelan.Guest Links: Steve on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevehillprofile/Auticon: https://auticon.co.uk/Jenny Many Books and more: https://www.jennymany.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://heitlandinnovatiLink 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 ...
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Jul 18, 2022 • 20min

EP 182: Corporate Innovation - How to engage the organizational silos? - HIQA Live with Jens Heitland

HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered LiveThe topic of today’s episode is: Corporate Innovation - How to engage the organizational silos?Questions I answer in the show:What can I do as a leader in mid management to encourage my team to work better with other teams when innovating?Other departments work against us, how do I turn this around as a leader?The other departments (marketing and Finance) are not supporting the innovation efforts despite that it is a clear goal in our company strategy. What can I do as a leader?Our innovation team works a lot but we don’t get recognized from the organization. What should we do to improve ourselves?If you have questions to the topic or questions you want me to cover in one of the next live shows, please send them to me via email  contact@heitlandinnovation.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 ...

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