Shawn Kanungo goes boldly into the book business

Head into the holiday season with Faaiza Ramji's conversation with Shawn Kanungo, author of The Bold Ones. You'll also hear some other business book recommendations and catch up on a couple of innovation-oriented stories.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

• Shawn Kanungo
• The Bold Ones: Innovate and Disrupt to Become Truly Indispensable
• The Bold Ones trailer
• Shawn Kanungo on TikTok
• Shawn Kanungo on LinkedIn
• Strategist slows down to make a splash with The Bold Ones
• Do what Shawn says: Subscribe to Taproot Edmonton (He was fond of our election coverage)

Books we mentioned

• Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Bob Iger
• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
• Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia
• Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller
• The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
• The collected works of Seth Godin
• Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
• Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne

More mentions

• New Harvest and Amii to explore AI's uses in lab-grown food
• Swift Charge aims to make electric vehicle charging more widespread
• Speaking Municipally

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

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Editing by Castria; theme music by Dave Von Bieker; cover art by Vikki Wiercinski.

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Karen Unland

Co-founder of Taproot Publishing

What is Bloom: The podcast about innovation in Edmonton?

Bloom is a podcast about innovation in Edmonton. Learn about the opportunities available in the Edmonton region and hear from local innovators tackling some of the world's biggest challenges. Hosted by Karen Unland.