Human Innovation with Jens Heitland

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 people

Learn 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/

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My businesses Businesses:

Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.com

Reverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/

Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/

Online Courses for innovators: https://heitlandinnovation.teachable.com/

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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:

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Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.com

Reverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/

Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/

Online Courses for innovators: https://heitlandinnovation.teachable.com/

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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/

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My businesses Businesses:

Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.com

Reverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/

Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/

Online Courses for innovators: https://heitlandinnovation.teachable.com/

Link to the show:

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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-kleiner

Book: Grease or Grit: https://research.upjohn.org/up_press/268/

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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/

#leadandsucceed

Link to the show:

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My businesses Businesses:

Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.com

Reverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/

Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/

Online courses for innovators: https://heitlandinnovation.teachable.com/

Link to the show:

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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:

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Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.com

Reverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/

Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/

Online Courses for innovators: https://heitlandinnovation.teachable.com/

Link to the show:

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HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered

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

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  [email protected] 

Link to the show:

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Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.com

Reverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/

Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/

Online courses for innovators: https://heitl

Link to the show:

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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=1

Women who Lead: https://www.womenwholead.net/?r_done=1

Book yes you can innovate: https://www.yesyoucaninnovate.com/?r_done=1

Link to the show:

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HIQA - Human Innovation Questions Answered

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?

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  [email protected] 

Link to the show:

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Heitland innovation: https://www.heitlandinnovation.com

Reverse Mentorship: https://www.xyzplayground.com/

Applied Innovation Transformation: https://ai-fortuna.com/

Online courses for innovators: https://heitlandinnovation.teachable.com/

Link to the show:

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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.com

The 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:

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