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

Published: Feb. 25, 2020, 10:30 a.m.

b"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\\u2019s management committee. Niko is a fantastic writer, and I highly recommend you check out his blog \\u201cOn Human Enterprise,\\u201d 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.\\n \\xa0\\n For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.\\n Sign up for the book club, where you\\u2019ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub.\\n Follow Patrick on Twitter at @patrick_oshag\\n \\xa0\\n Show Notes\\n 1:17 \\u2013 (First Question) \\u2013 The story of Doctor V\\n \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 3:24 \\u2013 Aravind and the Choice of Great Achievement\\n 4:00 \\u2013 Becoming the perfect instrument\\n 6:05 \\u2013 What is Niko planning to be the perfect instrument of\\n 8:18 \\u2013 How should individuals think about finding what they can be the perfect instrument of\\n \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 8:59 \\u2013 Brett Victor \\u2013 Inventing on Principle\\n 10:59 \\u2013 How do businesses apply this principle\\n 13:20 \\u2013 Making choices easier\\n 16:43 \\u2013 Era\\u2019s to a company and when it\\u2019s time to start a new one\\n 19:52 \\u2013 How can business culture be cultivated and useful\\n 22:53 \\u2013 Cultures at the tail end of a distribution\\n 24:33 \\u2013 Can hierarchy be fluid, or does it need to be a dedicated corporate structure\\n 27:47 \\u2013 My Unlikeliest Favorite Business Book\\n \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 28:03 \\u2013 The Millionaire Real Estate Agent: It's Not About the Money...It's About Being the Best You Can Be!\\n 30:46 \\u2013 The Red Test and how it can be used by businesses\\n 36:54 - Ten Principles for How to Run a Company\\n 42:25 \\u2013 Dealing with the sponsor owner brief in the software world\\n 45:24 \\u2013 How does one choose customers\\n 46:32 \\u2013 Bill Hubbard passage \\u2013 A Theory for Practice: Architecture in Three Discourses\\n 49:09 \\u2013 Kindest thing anyone has done for Niko\\n Learn More\\n For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.\\xa0\\n Sign up for the book club, where you\\u2019ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub\\n Follow Patrick on Twitter at @patrick_oshag"