S6.E5. Jens Heitland. The Mindset of Innovation.

Innovation takes time. You can only see its effects over time, so you need to step back and see a bigger picture. How to do so? In the conversation with Jens Heitland, a former Head of Innovation at IKEA Centres and now a business innovation designer at Fjord, we investigate how to create a powerful innovation team and what its role is in your organisation (and it is not one to create more innovation). We discuss the criticality of the innovation mindset and the importance of having a powerful North Star to ensure you are going in the same direction. We also talk about the need to get your hands dirty (not only on the operational level but also in the executive one) and the importance of good measurement.

LINKS

Jerry Z. Muller, “The Tyranny of Metrics”

Eric Reiss, “The Lean Startup”

Thomas Gordon, “Leader Effectiveness Training”

Simon Sinek “Start with Why”

Seth Godin “Purple Cow”

Tim Ferris “The 4 Hour Workweek”

About Warren Buffett by Alice Schroeder, Kirsten Potter “ The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life”