Niko Canner's guest appearances

Niko Canner

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Leveraging Thought Leadership

First Quantum iLEARN Podcast

Lancefield on the Line

Ben Thompson

Meb Faber

Tyler Cowen

Josh Wolfe

Annie Duke

Michael Mauboussin

Marc Andreessen

Whitney Johnson

Brian Koppelman

Dorie Clark

Kyle Samani

Tim Urban

Peter Attia

David Epstein

Jason Zweig

OwlTail

Summary:Organisations are crying out for more strategic leaders. These are the people who are brave enough to make a commitment to an extraordinary path, and skilful enough to make a multitude of choices to get there. They’re able to reframe complex problems as they shape brighter futures for those around them. In conversation they stretch and support, nourish and confront in equal measure. In this podcast, Niko Canner, founder of Incandescent, speaks eloquently about their traits, mindsets, and practices of these strategic leaders. He describes how it feels t the beginning of a strategy process – the stimulation, the vulnerabilities, the mistakes, and ultimately progress towards a coherent set of choices that enables the organisation to get closer to that extraordinary path. About Niko:Niko Canner founded Incandescent in 2013. His work spans the firm’s three major areas of focus: serving as a thought partner to leaders of large enterprises on strategy, organization and innovation; advising founders on the development of their ventures; and partnering with foundations and non-profits engaged in systems change. Here’s his profile.On Human Enterprise blog - highly recommended. Beautifully written, deep, and practical too. Full of wisdom.My resources:  Sign up to my Flashes+Sparks for stimuli, ideas, guidance and tips on how to lead your team, organisation or self more effectively, delivered straight to your inbox:  If you're not subscribed already and do subscribe to my youtube channel where you can watch the conversation.  You can also find me here:  LinkedIn Twitter Personal website, which includes more examples of my work, the services I offer and testimonials from clients.

Summary: Organisations are crying out for more strategic leaders. These are the people who are brave enough to make a commitment to an extraordinary path, and skilful enough to make a multitude of choices to get there. They’re able to reframe complex problems as they shape brighter futures for those around them. In conversation they stretch and support, nourish and confront in equal measure. In this podcast, Niko Canner, founder of Incandescent, speaks eloquently about their traits, mindsets, and practices of these strategic leaders. He describes how it feels t the beginning of a strategy process – the stimulation, the vulnerabilities, the mistakes, and ultimately progress towards a coherent set of choices that enables the organisation to get closer to that extraordinary path. About Niko: Niko Canner founded Incandescent in 2013. His work spans the firm’s three major areas of focus: serving as a thought partner to leaders of large enterprises on strategy, organization and innovation; advising founders on the development of their ventures; and partnering with foundations and non-profits engaged in systems change. Here’s his <a href="http://www.incandescent.com/team/niko-canner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">profile</a>.On Human Enterprise <a href="http://www.onhumanenterprise.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog</a> - highly recommended. Beautifully written, deep, and practical too. Full of wisdom.My resources: Sign up to my <a href="http://bit.ly/36WRpri" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flashes+Sparks </a>for stimuli, ideas, guidance and tips on how to lead your team, organisation or self more effectively, delivered straight to your inbox: If you're not subscribed already and do subscribe to my <a href="http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube channel</a> where you can watch the conversation. You can also find me here: <a href="https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/36XavNI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="http://bit.ly/3jA0MlN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personal website</a>, which includes more examples of my work, the services I offer and testimonials from clients.

Niko Canner: Finding your extraordinary path

In telling the story of Mark Pollock, an athlete who overcame spinal paralysis, business consultant Niko Canner shares how leaders can set and achieve their goals.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In telling the story of Mark Pollock, an athlete who overcame spinal paralysis, business consultant Niko Canner shares how leaders can set and achieve their goals.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Niko Canner - Real Commitment

Niko Canner is the founder of Incandescent where he and his team help the leaders of large companies in the areas of strategy and innovation. He was also the founder of Katzenbach Partners and a member of Bridgewater’s management committee. Niko is a fantastic writer, and I highly recommend you check out his blog “On Human Enterprise,” which has posts on many of the most interesting aspects of business and personal purpose. This conversation was inspired by many of those posts. Please enjoy.   For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast. Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub. Follow Patrick on Twitter at @patrick_oshag   Show Notes 1:17 – (First Question) – The story of Doctor V              3:24 –  Aravind and the Choice of Great Achievement 4:00 – Becoming the perfect instrument 6:05 – What is Niko planning to be the perfect instrument of 8:18 – How should individuals think about finding what they can be the perfect instrument of              8:59 – Brett Victor – Inventing on Principle 10:59 – How do businesses apply this principle 13:20 – Making choices easier 16:43 – Era’s to a company and when it’s time to start a new one 19:52 – How can business culture be cultivated and useful 22:53 – Cultures at the tail end of a distribution 24:33 – Can hierarchy be fluid, or does it need to be a dedicated corporate structure 27:47 –  My Unlikeliest Favorite Business Book              28:03 –  The Millionaire Real Estate Agent: It's Not About the Money...It's About Being the Best You Can Be! 30:46 – The  Red Test and how it can be used by businesses 36:54 - Ten Principles for How to Run a Company 42:25 – Dealing with the sponsor owner brief in the software world 45:24 – How does one choose customers 46:32 – Bill Hubbard passage –  A Theory for Practice: Architecture in Three Discourses 49:09 – Kindest thing anyone has done for Niko Learn More For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.  Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub Follow Patrick on Twitter at @patrick_oshag

Niko Canner is the founder of Incandescent where he and his team help the leaders of large companies in the areas of strategy and innovation. He was also the founder of Katzenbach Partners and a member of Bridgewater’s management committee. Niko is a fantastic writer, and I highly recommend you check out his blog “<a href="http://www.onhumanenterprise.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On Human Enterprise</a>,” which has posts on many of the most interesting aspects of business and personal purpose. This conversation was inspired by many of those posts. Please enjoy. For more episodes go to <a href="http://investorfieldguide.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast</a>. Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at <a href="http://investorfieldguide.com/bookclub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub</a>. Follow Patrick on Twitter at <a href="http://twitter.com/patrick_oshag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@patrick_oshag</a> Show Notes 1:17 – (First Question) – The story of Doctor V             3:24 – <a href="http://www.onhumanenterprise.com/becoming-perfect-instrument-part-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Aravind and the Choice of Great Achievement</a> 4:00 – Becoming the perfect instrument 6:05 – What is Niko planning to be the perfect instrument of 8:18 – How should individuals think about finding what they can be the perfect instrument of             8:59 – <a href="https://vimeo.com/36579366" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brett Victor – Inventing on Principle</a> 10:59 – How do businesses apply this principle 13:20 – Making choices easier 16:43 – Era’s to a company and when it’s time to start a new one 19:52 – How can business culture be cultivated and useful 22:53 – Cultures at the tail end of a distribution 24:33 – Can hierarchy be fluid, or does it need to be a dedicated corporate structure 27:47 – <a href="http://www.onhumanenterprise.com/unlikeliest-favorite-business-book" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My Unlikeliest Favorite Business Book</a>             28:03 – <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Real-Estate-Agent-About/dp/0071444041" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Millionaire Real Estate Agent: It's Not About the Money...It's About Being the Best You Can Be!</a> 30:46 – The <a href="https://medium.com/on-human-enterprise/red-is-the-most-important-color-in-management-2bad555b95a5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Red Test</a> and how it can be used by businesses 36:54 - <a href="http://www.onhumanenterprise.com/ten-principles-run-company" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ten Principles for How to Run a Company</a> 42:25 – Dealing with the sponsor owner brief in the software world 45:24 – How does one choose customers 46:32 – Bill Hubbard passage – <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Practice-Architecture-Three-Discourses/dp/0262082357" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> A Theory for Practice: Architecture in Three Discourses</a> 49:09 – Kindest thing anyone has done for Niko Learn More For more episodes go to <a href="http://investorfieldguide.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast</a>.  Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at <a href="http://investorfieldguide.com/bookclub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub</a> Follow Patrick on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/patrick_oshag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@patrick_oshag</a>

Niko Canner – Become a Perfect Instrument - [Invest Like the Best, EP.157]