Human Innovation | The Jens Heitland Show
Long form conversations with CEOs and senior leaders on leadership, decision making, and innovation inside complex organizations.Hosted by Jens Heitland, CEO of Heitland Media Group and former Global Head of Innovation at IKEA Centres.© The Jens Heitland Show - Heitland Media…
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EP268 - The Real Challenge Starts After the Training Ends with Amit Kasliwal (opens the original)
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In this episode of the Human Innovation Podcast, recorded in The Hague, Jens Heitland sits down with Amit Kasliwal, founder of Dehurdle and former head of corporate sales for Ford Motor Company in India. Highlights: 00:00 Welcome to the Netherlands 01:04 Networking Mindset Basics 02:14 Introduce Yourself Right 03:23 Energy and Presence 04:57 Teaching Kids by Example 07:31 Work Life as One 09:05 Leaving Corporate Behind 10:11 INSEAD and Self-Awareness 12:39 Resigning After TEDx 14:12 Early Founde
EP267 - Julia Wagner: Building Community Into Every Business (opens the original)
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Julia Wagner has planned her life for decades, since she was eighteen. In this episode, she talks with Jens Heitland about building a coworking space and software company in Spain, why Europe undervalues failure, and the long-term vision that shapes her thinking about family, community, and business. Timecode: 00:00 EP. 267_Podcast_Jens_Julia Wagner 00:03 Early Banking & Real Estate 05:30 International Career & Moving to Spain 09:25 Starting the Coworking Business 11:46 Lifestyle & Community 20:
EP266 - The ROI of communication with Ben Timpson (opens the original)
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Ben Timpson spent thirteen years in the Royal Navy before building a career teaching CEOs and their teams how to communicate under pressure. He and Jens Heitland discuss what military briefing culture gets right that most businesses miss, why leaders are buried in unfiltered information, and what changes when a team learns to prepare a message before it reaches the top. Highlights: 00:00 EP. 266_Podcast_Jens_Ben Timpson 02:53 Ben's Background & Bosnia 08:29 Preparing Leaders for High-Stakes Meet
EP265 - From Using AI to Influencing AI, with Ross Rafahël (opens the original)
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A shared apartment in Johannesburg. A career built across four continents. And a question that now shapes how organizations think about AI. Ross Rafahël sits down with Jens Heitland to talk about the difference between using AI and influencing it, why structured unlearning matters more than another degree, and what gets lost when decisions are made without clarity of intent. Timecode: 00:00 Reunion and Setup 00:46 Brotherhood in Johannesburg 01:59 Global Moves and Career Leaps 05:36 First Steps
EP264 - Tobias Tanner: Why Retail Is Becoming Hospitality Again (opens the original)
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Tobias Tanner, founder of the co-retail platform Le Magasin, joins Jens Heitland to talk about the return of physical retail. The conversation covers his path from running a jazz label in New York to building a hospitality-driven retail model in Berlin, the pattern behind Le Magasin and its Dry Bar concept, and what makes a community durable enough to bring people back through the door. Guest links: Connect with Tobias Tanner Website: https://lemagasin.store/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/i
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