Podcasts about disruption advisors

In a period of increasing political and economic uncertainty, government funding cuts, and AI that can outperform humans, many people are rightly worried about how those forces might disrupt their careers. Layoffs loom, and even those in senior leadership might soon experience - or have already endured - a setback they weren't expecting. Whitney Johnson, the CEO of Disruption Advisors, has advice on how to deal with the emotions surrounding those kinds of shocks, tactical steps you can take to get back in the game, and ways to learn from the experience so you're better positioned for the future.

Whitney Johnson, the esteemed CEO of Disruption Advisors, graces us on today's episode of The CLS Experience with her profound insights on personal and professional growth. As a visionary in the realm of personal disruption, Whitney unpacks how individuals can ignite their own transformations, differentiating between the nuances of personal and business disruptions. Learn how embracing both major and minor changes can propel you toward meaningful growth by retraining your mind and body to welcome abundance and joy, thereby unlocking a world of new possibilities. Whitney offers a roadmap for harnessing fear as a catalyst for positive change, rather than a deterrent. Let's have some fun.   7:41 - Disrupting 16:22 - Embracing Change and Personal Growth 22:35 - Unlocking Your Best PotentialConnect with Whitney here: https://thedisruptionadvisors.com/whitney-johnson/ To join our community click here.➤ To connect with Whitney Johnson follow Whitney on Instagram➤ Order a copy of my new book The Reinvention Formula today! ➤ Join our CLS texting community for free daily inspiration and business strategies to elevate your day, text (917) 634-3796To follow The CLS Experience and connect with Craig on Social Media:➤ INSTAGRAM➤ FACEBOOK➤ TIKTOK➤ YOUTUBE➤ WEBSITE➤ LINKEDIN➤ X

I'm so excited to share this special short episode recap with a powerful message. I'm publishing this curation to help you make the most of your time. The episode features segments from the episode 095 featuring and interview with Whitney Johnson on her second appearance on the show! https://richie.libsyn.com/whitney-johnson-smart-growth-book-exclusive-insights ====== On this day Whitney Johnson informs Richie before the podcast begins that Bob Proctor passed. Whitney speaks to his memory, impact and experiences with him. Richie and Whitney also speak to the memory of Clayton Christensen and lessons Clayton shared with Whitney in their work together around disruptive innovation. Whitney discusses her new book Smart Growth and how the S Curve model helps individuals and organizations create positive transformations. In Smart Growth and on this podcast, "Whitney Johnson dives more deeply than ever into the S curve of growth and learning...The growth and learning journey comes in three phases: the Launch Point, the Sweet Spot, and the High End." This is a unique and special episode. Whitney Johnson is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company, and an expert on smart growth leadership: growing your people to grow your company. Thinkers50 ranked her among the top ten management thinkers in the world in 2021, and in 2020 she was a Top Voice on LinkedIn, where she has 1.8 million followers. Johnson is an award-winning author, world-class keynote speaker, frequent lecturer for Harvard Business Publishing's Corporate Learning division, and an award-winning executive coach and adviser to CEOs. She is the author of several bestselling books, including Disrupt Yourself and Build an A-Team, and hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself podcast. Go to https://whitneyjohnson.com/ to learn more. To create your own "on-mission" experience in life, leadership, coaching, entrepreneurship and small business, go to: www.richienorton.com/76daychallenge Want to continue the conversation? Join us! RICHIE NORTON SHOW COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/richiepodcast RICHIE NORTON SHOW NOTES AND RESOURCES: http://www.richienorton.com/ RICHIE NORTON SOCIAL: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/richie_norton LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardnorton FB: https://www.facebook.com/richienorton TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/richienorton

What if achieving mastery was simply a matter of navigating the predictable stages of growth mapped by the S-curve model? Whitney Johnson, CEO of Disruption Advisors, introduces the S-curve model for mastering personal and professional growth. She guides us through this framework, offering practical examples and real-life cases to illustrate its application.Join us to explore:How to apply the S-Curve modelMentorship & self-assessmentRecognising your current growth stage The 7 accelerants of disruptionSmart growth vs dumb growthCalm down, don't slow downPlease email stephen@liveunbound.com if you have any questions about what we discussed today.Like this show? Please subscribe and leave us a five-star rating and review. It's a chance to tell us what you love about the show, and it helps others discover it too. Consider leaving your Instagram handle so we can thank you personally, and feel free to follow ours.

Innovation and disruption aren't just for organizations. According to Whitney Johnson, we can find new possibilities for personal and professional growth — by disrupting ourselves.As an executive coach, author, and podcaster, Johnson teaches people how to level up their lives and careers through the power of personal disruption. Her book, Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work, reveals how shaking things up enables us to break free of the constraints we might not even know we're imposing on ourselves. “Personal disruption [is] a process of deliberate self-innovation; a decision to step back from who you are to slingshot into who you can be,” she explains.In this Think Fast, Talk Smart episode with host Matt Abrahams, Johnson offers strategies for tailoring messages to different audiences, reveals the key ingredients for successful communication, and explains how disrupting yourself can open new doors and help you reach your full potential.Episode Reference Links:Whitney Johnson: Website Whitney's Books: Website Whitney's Podcast: Disrupt Yourself Podcast Lindsay McMahon's Podcast: All Ears English Podcast Clayton Christensen's Book: The Innovator's DilemmaEp.118 Maximizing You Personal Brand: Communicating Who You Are to Help Get What You Want YouTube / Website Ep.138 Speak Your Truth: Why Authenticity Leads to Better Communication YouTube / WebsiteConnect:Email Questions & Feedback >>> thinkfast@stanford.eduEpisode Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn Page, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedInStanford GSB >>> LinkedIn & TwitterChapters:(00:00:00) IntroductionHost Matt Abrahams introduces Whitney Johnson, keynote speaker and executive coach.(00:01:25) The Concept of DisruptionThe definition of disruption, and the benefits of personal disruption and self-innovation.(00:02:48) Identifying and Leveraging Distinctive StrengthsHow to identify distinctive strengths through observing frustrations, listening to compliments, and valuing inherent skills.(00:06:11) The S Curve of LearningThe S curve model, its stages, and how it relates to personal and organizational growth.(00:11:56) Tenacity and Tolerance in Personal DisruptionThe importance of tenacity, and the ability to tolerate ambiguity and failure during the disruptive process.(00:13:35) Encouraging Disruptive Ideas in OrganizationsStrategies for leaders to foster a culture that encourages disruptive ideas and constructive dialogue within teams.(00:17:00) The Final Three QuestionsWhitney shares how she tailors her communication for varying audiences, a communicator she admires, and her recipe for successful communication.(00:22:30) Conclusion See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Whitney Johnson is the CEO and Co-Founder of Disruption Advisors, a world-class leadership development company that helps organizations operationalize a growth mindset in their leaders and teams. Under Johnson's leadership, Disruption Advisors has been an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing company, where they leverage Johnson's powerful S Curve model to give leaders and their people a shared language to create positive change across an organization. Thinkers50 named Johnson as one of the top 10 leading business thinkers in the world in 2021, a top 200 female founder by Inc. Magazine in 2023, and in 2020 she was a Top Voice on LinkedIn where she has 1.8 million followers. A co-founder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard's Clayton Christensen, and an award-winning stock analyst on Wall Street, she now applies her understanding of momentum and growth in stocks to people. Whitney is a WSJ, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author and host of the popular Disrupt Yourself podcast. Listen to the Business English Podcast to get tips on vocabulary, presentations, meetings in English, and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this insightful interview with Whitney Johnson, CEO of Disruption Advisors, she shares invaluable insights on personal disruption and its profound impact on individual and organizational growth. From the seven accelerants of personal disruption to the intersection of digital transformation and leadership, Whitney provides a roadmap for embracing change and driving innovation. Learn how to take the right risks, play to your strengths, and leverage failure as stepping stones to success. Join us as we delve into the world of disruption and unlock the keys to smart growth in today's dynamic landscape. 00:33- About Whitney Johnson  Whitney is the Chief Executive Officer of Disruption Advisors, which is a leadership development company. A Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author, Whitney was named by Thinkers50 as one of the ten leading business thinkers in the world. She has over 1.7 million followers on LinkedIn.  She's also the author of the book titled Smart Growth. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbcy/support

Forget the traditional career ladder and embrace the concept of disrupting yourself. In this episode, J.R. Lowry chats with Whitney Johnson, CEO of Disruption Advisors, about her book, Disrupt Yourself. Whitney, leveraging her experience from working at Wall Street to building a firm focused on human potential, unpacks the concept of self-disruption. They delve into the S-Curve, a tool to understand your growth journey and explore how to leverage your strengths to navigate career transitions. This episode is packed with insights for anyone looking to push boundaries and unlock their potential for personal and professional growth.Check out the full series of “Career Sessions, Career Lessons” podcasts here or visit pathwise.io/podcast/. A full written transcript of this episode is also available at https://pathwise.io/podcast/whitney-johnsonBecome a PathWise member today! Join at https://pathwise.io/join-now

Whitney Johnson believed she could increase her earnings tenfold. So, she pursued business courses at night and eventually made an unusual transition from secretary to investment banker. This marked the first major disruption of her career path and set the stage for her future successes as an entrepreneur, author, and thought leader on disruption. In this episode, Whitney shares her journey of self-disruption through her major career leaps. She provides insights and strategies for professionals struggling to transition into new career phases. Whitney Johnson is a leading expert in business innovation and personal disruption. She is the bestselling author of Disrupt Yourself and is a sought-after speaker and advisor. In this episode, Ilana and Whitney will discuss: - Whitney's inspiring journey from secretary to investment banker - Her brave leap from business analyst to entrepreneur - The impact of personal disruption on career growth - Strategies for leaders to harness disruption for success - The role of mentorship and support in achieving growth - How to identify opportunities for self-disruption - Balancing personal life with professional ambitions - The importance of a safety net while purpose-searching - The ‘S-curve' framework for understanding professional growth - And other topics… Whitney Johnson is the founder of Disruption Advisors, a consultancy that specializes in organizational growth and innovation. Recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top management thinkers, she is a leading expert in innovation and personal disruption. Whitney hosts the popular Disrupt Yourself podcast and is the author of the bestselling book by the same name. She has also written Build an A-Team, another bestseller. She frequently speaks at prestigious venues such as the United Nations and the US Air Force, empowering individuals and organizations to effectively navigate career growth and organizational change. Connect with Whitney: Whitney's Website: https://whitneyjohnson.com/  Whitney's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyjohnson/  Resources Mentioned: Whitey's Books: Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work: https://www.amazon.com/Disrupt-Yourself-Putting-Disruptive-Innovation/dp/1629560529  Build an A Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve: https://www.amazon.com/Build-Team-Play-Strengths-Learning/dp/1633693643  Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream: https://www.amazon.com/Dare-Dream-Do-Remarkable-Things/dp/1937134121  Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company: https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Growth-Grow-People-Company/dp/1647821150   

Whitney Johnson graduated college with a degree in Music, minoring in English. Of course, she needed a job, and became the secretary to a broker on Wall Street. After taking business courses at night and building confidence from a boss who believed in her, she moved into picking stocks. In 2005, she had an "aha!" moment leading her towards entrepreneurship, and starting a fund with Clayton Christensen, author of the Innovators Dilemma. She's the author of the many books, including Disrupt Yourself, which you can find a link in the show notes. Outside of these things, she is married, loves to play tennis, and enjoys a good Korean drama.Amy Humble grew up in a rural part of Colorado called Rifle. Her mother was a principal, her father was a psychologist, and she studied political science during undergrad, while working in the Senate. She explored how to develop young people, and has always been rooted in her desire to develop people. In the past, she worked with Jim Collins - the author of Good to Great, who baptized and indoctrinated her into leadership development. Outside of her professional life, she is married with a young family. She enjoys skiing, hiking, biking, and playing in the water.Amy was researching women who had become though leaders, and stumbled upon the work that Whitney was doing. They started out doing a small project together in 2015, and discovered that not only do they like working together, their strengths complimented each other - which led to the forming of a partnership.This is the creation story of Disruption Advisors.SponsorsPorkbun: Use the link codestory.co/porkbun and get a .dev, .app, or .foo domain name for only $5!CacheFlyClearQueryKiteworksLinkshttps://thedisruptionadvisors.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-humble-6570a311/https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyjohnson/https://www.amazon.com/Disrupt-Yourself-New-Introduction-Relentless/dp/1633698785/ref=asc_df_1633698785/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A conversation with Whitney Johnson, a leading thinker on driving innovation through personal disruption. Johnson, CEO and Co-founder of Disruption Advisors, shares her transformative journey from Wall Street analyst to a trailblazer in leadership coaching. She explores the concept of personal disruption, illustrating how embracing change and leveraging unique strengths can catalyze growth and innovation in both individuals and organizations.Johnson discusses her career transitions, highlighting how each pivot was a step toward harnessing her full potential and refining her disruptive innovation theories. She emphasizes the significance of staying true to one's strengths while continually seeking challenges that foster growth. Through her discussion with Alex, Johnson provides valuable insights into applying the principles of disruptive innovation to personal development, advocating for a mindset that embraces change as a vehicle for transformation.Her approach to leadership coaching is rooted in the belief that personal disruption is not just about adapting to change but actively seeking out and creating conditions that promote continuous growth and learning. Johnson's experiences and methodologies offer a compelling framework for understanding how individuals and organizations can navigate and thrive in the face of change, making this conversation a must-listen for anyone interested in innovation, leadership, and personal growth.

In this episode of Pit Stops To Podium, we're delighted to welcome Whitney Johnson, the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a distinguished leadership development company specializing in change management. She delves into the profound significance of ongoing growth and learning, emphasizing their role in personal and professional development. Whitney also unravels the captivating concept of the S-Curve, providing a deeper understanding of its relevance and application. For sales leaders aiming to navigate the S-Curve shift, Whitney offers guidance, shedding light on how to approach this critical transition. We also touch upon the significance of partnership and the unique challenges faced by high-growth B2B SaaS organizations Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - Disruption Advisors and Whitney's Books 01:56 - Who's Whitney Outside Work 04:35 - What Led Whitney To Write “Smart Growth” 07:34 - Understanding the S-Curve Concept 10:46 - The S-Curve Shift for Sales Leaders 14:32 - What Comes After Mastery and Scaling 16:58 - Partnership and Challenges in High-Growth B2B SaaS Organizations 20:49 - The Backstory of Whitney Connection with Clay Christensen 22:22 - Engage With Whitney //ENGAGE WITH WHITNEY The Disrupt Advisors Website Disrupt Yourself Podcast with Whitney Johnson //MENTIONS Malcolm Gladwell Reid Hoffman //BOOKS Disrupt Yourself, With a New Introduction Build an A-Team Smart Growth The Brand Called You by Tom Peters The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen //SUBSCRIBE! Subscribe to RevPartners YouTube Channel New "pit stops" every week. Join our growing community!   //STAY AWESOME &  DO IT BIG!! Website: revpartners.ioListen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

Looking to scale your personal growth in pace with your company's success? Then you can't afford to miss our chat with Whitney Johnson, the CEO and co-founder of Disruption Advisors. Whitney's eclectic journey from a music major to a top-notch stock picker and entrepreneur is a testament to the potential of a growth mindset. She graces us with her wisdom on how she's helping people level up alongside their companies, through her revolutionary S-curve concept.We then dive into the idea of balancing career, hobbies, family, and friends through S-curves. Whitney teaches us how to recognize our individual S-curves, optimizing them to gain the support we need in our lives. We also delve into the intriguing concept of 'the fever breaking', where we finally comprehend and communicate our value to the world.Wrapping things up, Whitney shines a light on two powerful tools she uses to help people identify their strengths – CliftonStrengths and DISC assessments. She shares how these tools can enhance our understanding and empathy towards others, by understanding our own communication styles. Before we sign off, we explore the power of building and remixing our stories based on our strengths, a unique take on personal branding. Tune in to this compelling conversation to transform your personal and professional growth journey.

In this episode of Let Go & Lead, Maril talks with bestselling author, world-class coach and CEO and Co-Founder of Disruption Advisors Whitney Johnson. After a successful career on Wall Street, Whitney had an epiphany: she wanted to apply the immense knowledge she'd gained from modeling and analyzing stock performance to see if the same rules could be applied to people. Over a wide-ranging conversation around disruption, Whitney speaks to the power of personal disruption; explains her S-curve model, which she uses to better understand how individuals change and grow; and walks through the seven accelerants of productive disruption. At Gagen MacDonald, we believe that transformation starts within, and Whitney's work deeply reinforces the idea: to change an organization, you need to start by changing yourself.   Learn about:   7:07 Defining the S-curve of learning 10:30 The seven accelerants of personal disruption 14:37 How to disrupt yourself 21:07 How to deal with change detractors 26:22 Tackling current workforce disruptions 33:32 How the energy of disruption accelerates change   —  Whitney Johnson, CEO and Co-Founder of Disruption Advisors, is a world-class coach, globally recognized thought leader, author, keynote speaker and consultant helping organizations operationalize a high-growth mindset in their leaders and teams.  Whitney is the WSJ, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author of Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company (Harvard Business Press, 2022). She shares her passion for personal disruption, helping individuals transform their lives, careers, teams and companies through her keynote addresses; her popular podcast Disrupt Yourself; lectures at Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning; the award-winning books How to Build an A Team, Disrupt Yourself and Dare, Dream, Do; and frequent article contributions to the Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. Whitney is ranked a top talent coach by Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top 10 leading business thinkers in the world and named Inc.'s 200 Female Founders of 2023. She is co-founder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen, and a former award-winning stock analyst on Wall Street. She now applies her understanding of momentum and growth in stocks to people.  ABOUT LET GO & LEAD   Let Go & Lead is a leadership community created by Maril MacDonald, founder and CEO of Gagen MacDonald. Maril brings together provocateurs, pioneers, thought leaders and those leading the conversation around culture, transformation and change.  Over the course of the past 12 years, Let Go & Lead has existed in many forms, from video interviews to resource guides to its current iteration as a podcast. At its core, it remains a place where people can access a diversity of perspectives on interdisciplinary approaches to leadership. Maril is also working on a book incorporating these insights gathered over the past several years from global leaders and change makers.     Maril has interviewed over 120 leaders — from business to academia and nonprofits to the arts — through the years. In each conversation, from personal anecdotes to ground-breaking scientific analysis, she has probed the lessons learned in leadership. From these conversations, the Let Go & Lead framework has emerged. It is both a personal and organizational resource that aims to serve the individual leader or leadership at scale.    ABOUT GAGEN MACDONALD At Gagen MacDonald, we are dedicated to helping organizations navigate the human struggle of change. We are a people-focused consulting firm and our passion is improving the employee experience — for everyone. For almost 25 years, we have been working with companies to create clarity from chaos by uniting employees across all levels around a single vision so they can achieve results and realize their future. We have been a pioneer in bringing humanity to strategy execution, leading in areas such as organizational communication, culture, leadership, and employee engagement. Our Vision is to lift all humanity by transforming the companies that transform the world.    Full episodes also available on:       Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/let-go-lead-with-maril-macdonald/id1454869525       Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Gaf7JXOckZMtkpsMtnjAj?si=WZjZkvfLTX2T4eaeB1PO2A       Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9sZXRnb2xlYWQubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M      —      Gagen MacDonald is a strategy execution consulting firm that specializes in employee engagement, culture change and leadership development. Learn more at http://www.gagenmacdonald.com. 

In this episode of The Thinking Leader, Bryce Hoffman and Marcus Dimbleby talk with Whitney Johnson, CEO and Co-Founder of Disruption Advisors. They discuss disruption in business and the value that disruption plays in making changes. Whitney's core belief is that change comes from the individual, and that disruption on a large-scale starts with disruption on an individual level. Bryce and Whitney reflect on the moments that caused major changes in their lives which started their own journeys of disruption. They consider the different scales of disruption and how, and why, you should implement disruption in your day-to-day life. In this episode: Why Whitney started her journey of disruption What disruption truly means and why you need to start at an individual level The difference between large-scale Disruptions and “little d” disruptions How you can disrupt yourself and why it is so important to do The importance of removing shame from failure and why this will improve your innovation Find out more about Whitney's work with Disruption Advisors on her website, https://thedisruptionadvisors.com/, and to grab a copy of her books, head to https://thedisruptionadvisors.com/books/ Read Whitney's Disrupt Yourself article: https://hbr.org/2012/07/disrupt-yourself-3 Sign up for the Red Team Thinking Boot Camp: https://www.redteamthinking.com/bootcamp-page Sign up to the Red Team Thinking Community - Use the coupon code THINKINGLEADER for a free 30-day trial: https://community.redteamthinking.com/checkout/general-membership Want to find out if you're a Red Team Thinker? Click here to take a free assessment and get your personalized report: https://www.redteamthinking.com/rttassessment Visit our website: https://redteamthinking.com Watch this episode on YouTube: www.red-team.tv Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/redteamthinking/ Connect with Bryce: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brycehoffman/ Connect with Marcus: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusdimbleby/ Bestselling business author Bryce Hoffman and agility expert Marcus Dimbleby talk about decision making, strategy, resilience and leadership with some of the world's best CEOs, cognitive scientists, writers, and thinkers in this weekly podcast. Each episode offers new ideas and insights you can use to become a better leader and a better thinker – because bad leaders react, good leaders plan, and great leaders think!

In today's episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan speaks with Whitney Johnson. Whitney is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company. She also co-founded Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen,  is the host of the Disrupt Yourself podcast, and is the author of the book Smart Growth: How To Grow Your People To Grow Your Company. Whitney Johnson talked about the S-curve of personal, leadership, and organizational growth. Whitney also discussed creating a corporate culture that encourages continuous learning and development and leaders pursuing new S-curves of growth. Highlights:-      Why disruption is about more than products and services-      The three phases of the S-curve of growth-      Whitney Johnson on the neuroscience behind the S-curve-      How leaders can encourage growth in their organizations-      How to use S-curve as a recruiting and retention tool-      Whitney Johnson on the CEO mindset needed for growth-      How to deal with underperforming team members-      The importance of shadow values and how to use them in guiding your growth Mentioned:-      Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School professor, author, and co-founded Disruptive Innovation Fund-      Everette Rogers, originated the diffusion of innovations theory-      Juan Carlos Mendez-Garcia, co-author of Throw Your Life A Curve-      Patrick Pichette, former CFO of Google-      Sumeet Shetty, Development Manager at SAP-      Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen-      Disrupt Yourself by Whitney Johnson-      Dare, Deam, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare To Dream by Whitney Johnson-      Build an A-Team by Whitney Johnson-      The Burnout Epidemic by Jennifer Moss-      How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton Christensen Connect with Whitney Johnson:Smart Growth Book WebsiteDisrupt Yourself PodcastWhitney Johnson WebsiteWhitney Johnson TwitterWhitney Johnson InstagramWhitney Johnson LinkedIn Connect with Mahan Tavakoli: Mahan Tavakoli Website Mahan Tavakoli on LinkedIn Partnering Leadership Website

Many employees, at some point in their careers, will ask themselves questions like: Why do I feel unhappy at work? Why do I feel the need to do something new? Why am I feeling uncomfortable in this role? A mentor can play a key role in helping people feel more connected to their work.   Whitney Johnson, CEO of Disruption Advisors, unpacks this relationship between mentors, employee growth, and development with host Marc Ramos. They discuss how the S-curve model can provide a framework for navigating career stages, the differences between mentoring and coaching, and why mentorship is also about being mentorable.  Connections to mentors can help employees see new possibilities for their careers. Our team at Cornerstone has developed an opportunity marketplace that uses data to match people with the projects, mentors, and internal gigs they need to build skills—and to thrive. Learn more about how the opportunity marketplace can help you grow your people at scale through mentorship.

“Personal disruption is a process of deliberate self-innovation". In this episode, we discuss how we can apply disruptive thinking— responsible for the success of many products and companies, to our own career. Whitney Johnson is the CEO of Disruption Advisors,and has been recognised as one of the 10 leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50. She's a world-class keynote speaker, and an executive coach and advisor to CEOs.Whitney is also a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, as well as the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller book Smart Growth, Build an A Team, and the critically acclaimed Disrupt Yourself. In this episode, we dive into the concepts in her bestselling book, Disrupt Yourself, and unpack the three phases of the S Curve of Learning. Tune in to learn practical tips on how you can optimise each stage of learning and use it to disrupt and supercharge your career for growth and achieve peak performance!  CONNECT WITH US• Subscribe and Follow us @actsplorethispodcast on Instagram/Spotify/Apple Podcasts/YouTube• All you need to know: https://direct.me/actsplorethispodcast• Email: actsplorethis@gmail.com• Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/actsplorethis

In this fascinating conversation that flows from music school to investment banking, from balance in your career to balance on the dance floor, this interview with world-leading coach Whitney Johnson is quite the journey. With millions of followers, she's the celebrated CEO of Disruption Advisors, a leadership development company helping you grow your people to grow your organisation.A Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon bestselling author, Whitney was named by Thinkers50 as one of the ten leading business thinkers in the world. She is a world class keynote speaker with a quite extraordinary 1.8 million followers on LinkedIn. Her course on Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship has been viewed more than a million times, and her ‘LinkedIn Live's have also had more than a million cumulative views.Whitney is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, as well as the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling books ‘Smart Growth', ‘Build An A Team', and the critically acclaimed ‘Disrupt Yourself'. Integral to her work is the weekly Disrupt Yourself Podcast which has millions of downloads.Let's get disruptive – it's one of my favourite sports!--Whitney Johnson: https://thedisruptionadvisors.com/Disrupt Yourself podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7cn2cgc34znzwPkkwH58sQ

Kathleen wraps up her conversation with Whitney Johnson and uncovers the strategies and insights that have made her one of the most sought-after business thinkers in the world. Whitney shares how she discovered her passion for helping people grow and innovate, and how she has made it her life's work to empower individuals and organizations to reach their full potential. Drawing on her wealth of experience and expertise, Whitney reveals the key principles of disruption, and how they can be applied to drive success and growth in any business. She also offers practical advice on how to overcome the fear and uncertainty that often accompany disruptive change, and how to develop the mindset and skills necessary to thrive in today's fast-paced, ever-changing world. So whether you're a business leader looking to drive innovation and growth, or an individual seeking to unlock your full potential, this episode is a must-listen.

Get ready to be inspired as Kathleen Duffy sits down with Whitney Johnson, the CEO of Disruption Advisors and a globally recognized thought leader in talent development. Named a Top 10 Business Thinker by Thinkers50 in 2021, Whitney is a LinkedIn Top Voice with 1.8 million followers and the bestselling author of Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company. On her top-ranked podcast, Disrupt Yourself, Whitney has interviewed some of the most renowned thinkers in the world, including Brené Brown, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and General Stanley McChrystal. She also shares her passion for personal disruption, helping individuals transform their lives, careers, teams, and companies through her keynote addresses, lectures at Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning, and her LinkedIn Learning course Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship. Join Kathleen and Whitney as they dive into the world of personal disruption, business growth, and talent development. This episode is not to be missed!

Whitney Johnson - Author and CEO, Disruption Advisors Imagine for a moment that you're suddenly forced to switch to your non-dominant hand for a week. Getting dressed, feeding yourself, brushing your teeth–the tasks you used to do on autopilot have now become deeply challenging and awkward. But by the end of the experiment, you've gotten the hang of it! What was once an inconvenience has gifted you a new set of skills. Our guest today has spent her career empowering others to embrace disruption, both at the personal and organizational level. She's found that with the right support and mindset, continuously seeking out the uncomfortable is the only way to keep growing throughout our lives. Today, she'll guide our discussion with the powerful question:    How can self-imposed disruption accelerate your development? A conversation with Whitney Johnson, on this episode of Lead With a Question. Guest Bio: A non-exhaustive list of Whitney's many accomplishments: –––Top 10 Business Thinker globally, according to Thinkers50 –––Co-founder and CEO, Disruption Advisors, an Inc Power Partner 2022 honoree (B2B partners founders can't live without) –––WSJ bestselling author, Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company (Harvard Business Review Press: 2022) –––Host of Disrupt Yourself podcast, top .5% globally in terms of listenership. Guests have included Brené Brown, Leena Nair, Alexi Robichaux and Simon Sinek –––Former co-founder of Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard's Clayton Christensen and award-winning Wall Street analyst –––Lives in Lexington, VA where they grow strawberries, raspberries and blackberries https://thedisruptionadvisors.com/ --------- Please like, subscribe, rate, and review! Every listener interaction helps others discover the show too! Learn about the work we're doing at Bravecore by visiting our website at Home - Bravecore To drop us a line, head over to Contact - Bravecore

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Whitney Johnson, Founder and CEO at Disruption Advisors, Tina Opie, PhD, Associate Professor of Management at Babson College and award-winning teacher, researcher, consultant, and speaker, Beth A. Livingston, PhD, Associate Professor in Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business and Jacob Harold, former GuideStar CEO/Candid co-founder, social impact strategist and author of The Toolbox. DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

The path to success may have several disruptions along the way. Although these disruptions may be an impasse, stepping back to slingshot forward can help you succeed. In today's episode, Whitney Johnson, the founder of Disruption Advisors, takes a deep dive into how personal growth leads to growth in your consulting business. Whitney explains the cascading effect of how all that development from individuals to teams and into the business that needs to come together will lead to growth. By pulling together an amalgam of different ideas and drawing on best practices from people, and leverage those to set yourself as a successful consultant. For more tips on growing your consulting business, tune in to this episode now!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.consultingsuccess.com/podcast

Whitney Johnson, CEO and Co-Founder of Disruption Advisors, a Top 10 Business Thinker by Thinkers50, bestselling author, keynote speaker, executive coach and consultant, host of the Disrupt Yourself podcast, and a LinkedIn Top Voice joins me on this episode. Whitney shares her passion for personal disruption, helping individuals transform their lives, careers, teams, and companies, through her books and articles, keynote addresses, lectures at Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning, and her LinkedIn Learning course Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship which has been viewed more than 1 million times. Topics we cover include Whitney's backstory, the importance of belief, asking ourselves operating questions, a discussion of the book Smart Growth and the S-curve of learning, the six stages of growth, and more. Get connected with Whitney: Website: https://thedisruptionadvisors.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyjohnson/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnsonwhitney  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnsonwhitney/  Purchase a copy of Smart Growth: https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Growth-Grow-People-Company/dp/1647821150  Check out the amazing sponsors of this episode: http://chenzoweb.com/ https://1565coffee.com/ https://ambitious.com/ *1565 Artisan Coffee Special Offer: Get 15% off your order when you use promo code COFFEECHAT at checkout. *Ambitious Special Offer: Get $10 off your order of Ambitious EDGE when you use promo code COFFEECHAT at checkout. Want to learn how you can work with me to gain more clarity, build a rock solid foundation for your business, and achieve the results and success you deserve? Visit http://jayscherrbusinessconsulting.com/ and schedule a 1:1 discovery coaching call. Enjoy, thanks for listening, and please share with a friend! To your success, Jay

Today we welcome Whitney Johnson, CEO and co-founder of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors. Whitney is a globally recognized thought leader, keynote speaker, executive coach, and consultant. She is a frequent lecturer at Harvard Business Publishing's Corporate Learning division. She is also the bestselling author of Disrupt Yourself and Build an A Team. Her latest book is called Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company.In this episode, I talk to Whitney Johnson about business growth. According to Whitney, the development of the individual comes first before the company's. Growth can be better understood using the S Curve of Learning which has three phases: the Launch Point, the Sweet Spot, and Mastery. By comprehending the cycle of growth, we can find ways to move forward when we feel stuck in both our professional and personal lives. We also touch on the topics of flow, creativity, transcendence, success, and leadership.Website: www.whitneyjohnson.comTwitter: @johnsonwhitney Topics01:35 Disruption Advisors07:55 The S Curve of Learning11:13 Optimize your team for growth14:23 Mastery and transcendence16:18 Peak experience and peak performance21:26 The S Curve as a retention tool25:00 Excavating your shadow values28:13 Grow your people to grow your company33:53 Create the conditions for growth37:19 The S Curve is a dopamine management exercise40:20 When to quit and change careers 42:51 Changing the metrics of success47:16 Disrupt yourself a little bit everyday

We all must make an imminent career decision in this VUCA World: wait to be disrupted or to disrupt ourselves. I chose self-disruption in 2007 when I quit my hospitality career to devote my life to the service of others through coaching and motivational speaking. Whitney Johnson - our guest in this episode of the Beginners Mind Series, reinvented herself from a Wall Street equity analyst to a highly sought-after keynote speaker, coach, and global thought leader on self-disruption. Join us for an exciting conversation as we discuss examples from our own lives to highlight how self-disruption can sometimes be the only option to put our life on a meaningful path. If you want to transition from the autopilot mode of mindless repetition to the daring journey of self-rediscovery, I am sure this podcast will help. Whitney Johnson is the CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company - Disruption Advisors, listed by Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. In addition, thinkers50 ranked her as one of the top ten management thinkers in the world in 2021. She's also the bestselling author of several books, including Disrupt Yourself and Build an A-Team and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business Publishing's Corporate Learning division. Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/spVKOxZBo9k #BeginnersMind #ReinventYourself #SimerjeetSingh #SelfDisruption #LifeLessons #VUCAWorld Follow us on: https://linktr.ee/SimerjeetSingh

Whitney Johnson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Disruption Advisors, a talent development company. Whitney is a globally-recognized thought leader. author, keynote speaker, executive coach, consultant, and a popular LinkedIn Learning instructor. In this conversation, Whitney discusses how musicality has lessons for the business world, and the wide applications of the S-Curve. https://bit.ly/TLP-328   Key Takeaways [2:35] At her daughter's prompting during the pandemic, Whitney and her family started watching Korean dramas. The family became obsessed with them. Whitney now studies Korean for two minutes a day on Duolingo. Whitney describes the characteristics of Korean dramas. [5:22] Whitney majored in music, studying classical piano and jazz. Because of her musical background, when she structures a keynote, a book, or a podcast, she looks for musicality and a musical structure to it. Musical structure and musicality inform the work she does. Also, as an experienced accompanist, she knows how to be second, allowing her to be a good interviewer, and as a coach, to listen well. [7:04] Brett Mitchell, the former conductor of the Colorado Symphony, said that music is what happens between the notes. Whitney discusses pauses relating to leadership and cites Clayton Christiansen, saying that partway through his career, Clayton Christiansen started a practice of praying before teaching a class. Once he started that practice, he started to have a significant impact on his students. [8:42] Whitney suggests that before you speak, have a meeting, or a coaching session, you pause and think about the person you're about to speak to, and how to convey to the person that they matter to you, that is an element of leadership. [10:33] Wayne Muller, author of Sabbath, pointed out the pauses in Martin Luther King's exclamation, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” [11:41] Gino Wickman, in The EOS Life, recommends entrepreneurs take sabbaticals. One of Jim's clients just took a sabbatical and reported that stepping back and taking a break allowed them to reflect and then grow. [12:20] Whitney has a LinkedIn Learning class, Grow Yourself, Grow Your Leaders, and a book, Smart Growth. Whitney's view is that we are wired to grow. Virtuous growth is growing in such a way that everyone around you grows as well. She believes that human growth is unbounded. [13:23] Sociologist Everett Rogers applied the S-Curve to the study of how quickly innovation is adopted. Working with Clayton Christiansen, Whitney realized she could apply the S-Curve to individual change and growth. Growth comes in three stages: slow (launch), fast (sweet spot), and slow (master place). Every time you start a new role or a new job, you go through the curve. This is covered in Smart Growth. [14:45] Whitney's LinkedIn course focuses on how to create the conditions where people around you can grow, with the resources they need, and how they can feel connected to what they're doing and the people they're working with. Whitney also talks about building resilience and nurturing people. If you can do all those things, you're creating conditions wherein the people around you can grow. [16:59] Whitney makes the underlying assumption that if you will grow yourself then, by the contagion effect, the people around you will grow. Then, by default, your business will grow. [17:49] You can manage your organization as a portfolio of curves. The people at the curve's launch point will need the most support. They will also have a fresh perspective, opening the door to innovation. You want about 20% of the people in your organization to be new, 60% to be in the sweet spot, and 20% in master, ready for a new challenge. This is a good distribution for innovation. [20:10] De-prioritize the things you do really well that somebody else could do. Whitney gives an example from a client. If you stop doing the things you should delegate to others, you will have time to do the things only you can do, and you get out of the way for them to work on the steep part of the S-Curve. [23:06] Every organization needs to have, as part of their vision, growing human beings and helping them reach their potential. The vision starts with the founders, and as people join the organization, they begin to co-create the vision with the founders. Everyone helps each other grow. In the most fluid, powerful organizations, everyone contributes to the creation of the vision. [26:56] Whitney addresses growth pre-pandemic, in-pandemic, and post-pandemic. A lot of adaptation and resilience have been required. When people are under stress, they go to default stress behaviors. You need to make sure people work together and not against each other. People want to grow but are not always sure how to do it. This goes back to Whitney's course, Grow Yourself, Grow Your Leaders. [28:39] Whitney asks Jan and Jim for their thoughts on getting people to work together under stress. Jim states that when people are stressed they need time and space to solve their problems. People are pausing to figure out how to work together. People need time and space to get up to game speed. Executives are not paid to be busy. Pausing is a good way to grow by asking yourself tough questions. [31:35] Whitney has an assessment that she administers to clients. It includes seven accelerants of growth. The one that ranks the lowest is frequently “Step back to grow.” People are not taking time to pause and reflect. Whitney quotes Tiffany Shlain who asks, “What if we thought of ‘rest' as technology because the promise of technology is to make you more productive?” [34:17] Egon Zehnder surveyed 1,000 executives whether they strongly agreed that to transform your organization you need to transform yourself. Before the pandemic, 18% of executives agreed. After the pandemic, 805 of the executives agreed. The only way you have the moral authority to ask people to change is if you, yourself, are changing. The fundamental unit of change is the individual at every level. [37:52] Whitney lists some people that inspire her, and why: Rashika Tolshan, who wrote about the Queen of England passing away, Brené Brown, Musician Jacob Collier, author Richie Norton, and NFL QB Steve Young. Each of them inspired Whitney with their visions of growth. [41:35] When Whitney was making her list of influential people, her default was to go to all men. She had to make sure she included some women. She had to be very mindful and deliberate to determine who is actually influencing her and she wanted a diversity of perspectives. Jim highlights the leadership lesson of intentionality. [42:49] Whitney's audience homework: On the topic of pausing and resting, listen to these two episodes of Whitney's Step Back to Grow podcast: Episode 139 with filmmaker Tiffany Schlain and Episode 180. Don't avoid taking a pause to rest. [43:57] Closing quote: Remember, “It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.” — Queen Elizabeth II   Quotable Quotes “Because of being a musician, I think of things in a musical sort of way. When I'm structuring a keynote; … a book; … a podcast, there's always a sense of, ‘Is there a musicality to it; is there a musical structure to it?'” — Whitney “I wrote a piece about the importance of taking a break, that you needed to rest because the ability to rest was going to allow you to recharge so that you could then move forward.” — Whitney “For me, growth is our default setting. We're wired to grow.” — Whitney “Every time we start something new, we're on a new S-Curve. There are three stages. There's the launch point that feels slow, there's the sweet spot, … where growth is fast, … and … the master place, where growth is … slow.” — Whitney “People who are successful are intentional. It doesn't just fall in your lap. … Successful people are intentional people and [a high] level intentionality is something to be admired and something for people listening to this podcast to take away.” — Jim   Resources Mentioned Theleadershippodcast.com Sponsored by: Darley.com Rafti Advisors. LLC Self-Reliant Leadership. LLC Whitney Johnson Disruption Advisors Korean Dramas Duolingo Tiffany Shlain on Step Back to Grow, Episode 139 with Whitney Johnson Step Back to Grow, Episode 180 with Whitney Johnson Brett Mitchell Clayton Christiansen Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives, by Wayne Muller I Have a Dream Gino Wickman The EOS Life: How to Live Your Ideal Entrepreneurial Life Grow Yourself, Grow Your Leaders, with Whitney Johnson on LinkedIn Learning Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company, by Whitney Johnson Everett Rogers 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week, by Tiffany Shlain Egon Zehnder Ruchika Tulshyan Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience, by Brené Brown Jacob Collier Anti-Time Management: Reclaim Your Time and Revolutionize Your Results with the Power of Time Tipping, by Richie Norton Steve Young  

Whitney Johnson is the CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company in America (2020). One of the top ten business thinkers in the world, as named by Thinkers50, Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership. Whitney has worked at FORTUNE 100 companies, and as an award-winning equity analyst on Wall Street. She co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School's late Clayton Christensen. She has coached alongside the renowned Marshall Goldsmith, selected by Goldsmith in 2017 as a Top 15 Coach out of a pool of more than 17,000 candidates. Whitney understands how companies work, how investors think, and how the best coaches coach. An award-winning author, Johnson teaches the S Curve of Learning to managers and companies as both a keynote speaker and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning. She is a LinkedIn Top Voice (2020) with 1.8 million followers. Her course Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship has been viewed more than 1 million times. Whitney was co-founder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen. Her role included fund formation, strategy, and capital raising. They invested and led the $8 million seed round for South Korea's Coupang eCommerce platform, currently valued at $50 billion.   Don't forget to follow CB, comment, rate, review, and subscribe to the show on your preferred platform! Rating/reviews: Rating/reviews: https://lovethepodcast.com/courage Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/34Q2dcI iHeart Radio: https://ihr.fm/3sKaUgM Amazon: https://amzn.to/36j2DZz Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3I6jXzc   WEBSITES: Courage Consulting: https://courage-consultant.com/ KeynoteSpeaking: https://www.cbbowman.com/ Coaching Association: https://www.acec-association.org/ Master Corporate Executive Coach Certification: https://www.meeco-institute.org/ SOCIAL MEDIA: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbbowman/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CbOttomanelli Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CB.BowmanMBA/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjZU3KqucXRXDsrHLvj8UIw Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/courage-c-suite-challenges-6874133122783469568 #CBBowmanLive #courage #courageleadership #cbbowman #courageous #courageconsultant #leadership

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Whitney Johnson. Whitney is CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors. She is one of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50. Whitney is an expert in smart growth leadership, and she co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School's late Clayton Christensen. She's also the author of the book — Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company. More About Whitney Johnson: Her book – Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company Disrupt Yourself Podcast Take The Marketing Assessment Take the Assessment This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network and Semrush.

"Slow, fast, slow is how you grow."   You know those moments when you're chatting with someone, and it's so interesting that time just flies by? That's how I felt when speaking with Whitney Johnson!   In today's episode "Smart Growth: How Managers Can Grow Themselves, Their People, and Their Business" Whitney talks about her brand new book, Smart Growth, and how new managers can use it to create a breakthrough in 2022.   Whitney was named one of the top ten most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50 in 2021, and is CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company. She is an award-winning author, a LinkedIn Top Voice (1.79M followers), and she frequently writes for both HBR and MIT Sloan Management Review.    In this episode, you'll learn:   The framework known as the S Curve of Learning, and how to apply it meaningfully in your own development How to navigate through the three phases of growth (Launch Point, Sweet Spot, and Mastery) How to use the S Curve Insight Tool to develop and grow your people How this piano-playing music major ended up on Wall Street (cue Working Girl theme song)... and a lot more!   The S-Curve of Learning Slow-fast-slow is how you grow. And when you understand the emotional arc of your growth, then you'll be able to increase your learning and growing capacity as well. That's what we call the S-Curve of learning.   The Influential Role of the Manager The first thing that you want to really examine is do you actually want to be a manager? I meet lots of people who say I'm good at motivating people and inspiring people, but I'm not good at the day to day of managing people, and that's okay. You want to know that before you get into the job because you have a lot of influence on people, and so you want to make sure you're up for that kind of job.   Managing People Who Have Mastered Their Job People start becoming bored once they mastered something because they are no longer challenged. So for your people who are already very good at their job, what will make them grow is when you give them a new challenge. From that point on, growth may seem slower, but they'll be able to unlock new levels in their professional journey.       Links and Resources Connect with Whitney: LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Website, Email, Disrupt Yourself Podcast Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company by Whitney Johnson (book) The Female Advantage by Sally Helgesen (book) How Women Rise by Sally Helgesen (book) Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace (book)

Why is it always difficult to make big changes and start something new? Not seeing immediate results can be disheartening, but it's by challenging ourselves and trying new things that we grow as individuals. Sometimes we just need that extra push. In this episode of Geeks, Geezers, Googlization, Whitney Johnson, the CEO of Disruption Advisors, shares her insight on the importance of monitoring growth. As you listen, you'll learn how to understand where you are in your own development so you can continue to grow and help others do the same. You'll also gain insight into why experiencing disruption can be the catalyst you need to start something new. Resources: Get your copy of Smart Growth by Whitney Johnson Sign up for Whitney's Disruption Advisors' Newsletter Check out the Googlization Nation Newsletter Get your SHRM credits  

Whitney Johnson is the CEO of Disruption Advisors and author of Disrupt Yourself: Master Relentless Change and Speed Up Your Learning Curve. Discussed in the book is how an S-curve can be used to explain how people learn and grow. Whitney uses the example of her own career and how, after experiencing explosive growth and reaching the top of the S-curve, she wanted to fill an emotional need that was not being fulfilled on Wall Street. She explores all about this S-curve, from the element of risk involved in disruption to playing out the process of an S-curve to maximize learning and growth. HIGHLIGHTS Leaving Wall Street to write Disrupt Yourself and apply it to herself The S-curve helps to understand how people learn and grow Experimenting and the vulnerability of being wrong Embrace constraints because the greatest creativity comes from them QUOTES Whitney explains how the S-curve explains how people grow: "I was already thinking that disruption applies to products and services and people, I think there was a natural sort of extension of that, and again I come from the stock market, I was used to thinking about momentum, what makes a stock go up, what makes the stock go down, how do you drive that momentum, there was this notion for me of wait a second, I think this applies to people too. How does this S-curve apply to us?" Whitney on why jumping jobs prevents learning and can make unfit leaders: "There is that cycle that it's important to play that out. And I think, actually, that's where the Peter principle can come in is that if you jump too many times, you're getting all these basically false starts and so you're not learning anything. Then, all of a sudden, and I think this sometimes happens is, this is why people lose their jobs, is because they kept climbing, they haven't learned anything." Whitney on using constraints to your advantage: "As you're trying to climb an S-curve, your constraints, whatever they are and you're going to have them because you always do, is how do you turn those constraints not just into a victim of why me, and not even neutralize them, but how can those constraints be transformative for you?" Find out more about Whitney in the links below: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyjohnson/ Website: https://whitneyjohnson.com/ Podcast: https://whitneyjohnson.com/right-risks/ More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Get Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Blueboard | World's leading experiential rewards & recognition platform | Blueboard.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast RevOps Podcast Selling with Purpose Podcast

One of the ten leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50 – an expert at helping leaders grow their people to grow their organization. Whitney is an award-winning author, world-class keynote speaker, frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning, and an executive coach and advisors to CEOs.  Host of "Disrupt Yourself" podcast at whitneyjohnson.comCo-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School's late Clayton Christensen and a LinkedIn Top Voice (2020) with 1.8 million followers.Author of 4 books:Smart GrowthHow to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company.Disrupt Yourself:™Master Relentless Change and Speed Up Your Learning CurveBuild an A-Team:Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning CurveDare, Dream, Do:Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to DreamRoss and Whitney discuss expediency, Wall Street, investment banking, excitement, motivation, achievement, reframing fears, helping others grow, smart growth, people, personal disruption and leaving work. The pair also discuss loss of identity, Ben Hardy, measuring growth, connections to work, advancing ourselves, slowing down, resting, unplugging from technology, creative expression, theory, spirituality and being unapologetic.Timecodes:01:15 Whitney's background in music02:49 Whitney's career path after music05:06 Drivers for studying07:09 Growth and a thirst for learning11:23 Disruptive Innovation 13:22 Disrupting individuals16:26 Letting things go and identity shifts21:34 Road to growth25:18 Exploring and transforming individuals28:49 Overwhelm and comfort33:17 Rest and relaxation34:24 HRV - Heart Rate Variable39:36 Book writing and development43:47 Whitney's Most impactful time at Clayton46:41 The last time Whitney did something for the first timeConnect with Whitney:LinkedInWebsitePodcastBooksTwitterConnect with Ross:WebsiteLinkedInMoonshot Innovation 

The fundamental unit of growth in any organisation is the individual. The more you understand about how to respond to your own deep longing to grow, the greater your capacity to grow your people, to grow your organisation, says Whitney Johnson, co-founder of tech-enabled talent development company, Disruption Advisors.Disruption Advisors supports people and organisations through coaching, training, and technology, empowering innovation through disruption. Whitney's latest book, Smart Growth, explains if you grow your people, you grow your company. In this episode of The Melting Pot, Whitney talks about the S curve model and what it means to you as an individual, how to start one, how to envisage it, how to get up when you might get stuck. And by way of as an example, we use Whitney's personal journey along her own S curve of public speaking. So, if you're looking to grow your organisation, your team, or individually, download and listen to Whitney today.Book recommendations:Bittersweet - Susan KaneRange - David EpsteinAnti Time Management - Richie NortonOn today's podcast:The S curveWhat drives motivationThe S curve - the launch point, the sweet spot and masteryMoving beyond masteryGrow your people to grow your companyLinks:Books – Whitney JohnsonTwitter – @johnsonwhitneyLinkedIn – Whitney JohnsonWebsite – www.whitneyjohnson.com

Jeff Heggie Daily Success Strategies 596: Smart Growth with Whitney Johnson https://jeffheggie.com/2022/06/16/whitney-johnson-smart-growth/ Whitney Johnson | Smart Growth Whitney Johnson is CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company in America (2020). One of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50, Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership. Whitney has worked at FORTUNE 100 companies, and as an award-winning equity analyst on Wall Street. She co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School's late Clayton Christensen. She has coached alongside the renowned Marshall Goldsmith, selected by Goldsmith in 2017 as a Top 15 Coach out of a pool of more than 17,000 candidates. Whitney understands how companies work, how investors think, and how the best coaches coach. An award-winning author, Johnson teaches the S Curve of Learning to managers and companies as both a keynote speaker and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning. She is a LinkedIn Top Voice (2020) with 1.8 million followers. Her course Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship has been viewed more than 1 million times. An innovation and disruption theorist, Whitney is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. Author of the bestselling Build an A Team (a Financial Times Book of the Month) and Disrupt Yourself, fittingly described by Publisher's Weekly as “Savvy . . . often counterintuitive . . . superb.” She hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself podcast with guests including Brené Brown, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and General Stanley McChrystal. Whitney was co-founder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen. Her role included fund formation, strategy, and capital raising. They invested and led the $8 million seed round for South Korea's Coupang ecommerce platform, currently valued at $50 billion. Don't Make The One Mistake That Will Keep Your Business From Growing https://jeffheggie.com/businessdomination Become an Optimal Performing Entrepreneur: www.JeffHeggie.com/GroupCoaching Discover How to Double Your Revenue in Just 5 Moves https://JeffHeggie.com/BusinessMastery The Peak Performance System for High Achievers [FREE]: https://jeffheggie.com/peakperformance

Our lives are a portfolio of S-curves. We have periods of starting, learning, and mastery. Whitney Johnson joins Kevin to talk about the S-curve of Learning to measure growth; personally, professionally, and organizationally. It is hard to start something new because growth is hard. By keeping rituals (or known things), we can create calm and stability in our brains to allow for more growth. Key Points In this episode, Whitney Johnson defines the S-curve of Learning and shares the stages of growth and learning.  She discusses using the S-curve of Learning for assessment.  She shares examples of how we can build a culture around the S-curve of Learning. Meet Whitney Name: Whitney Johnson  Her Story: Whitney Johnson is the author of several top-selling books including, Disrupt Yourself and Build an A Team. Her latest book is Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company. She is CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company in America. Worth Mentioning: 

https://jeffheggie.com/2022/06/16/whitney-johnson-smart-growth/ Whitney Johnson is CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company in America (2020). One of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50, Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership. Whitney has worked at FORTUNE 100 companies, and as an award-winning equity analyst on Wall Street. She co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School's late Clayton Christensen. She has coached alongside the renowned Marshall Goldsmith, selected by Goldsmith in 2017 as a Top 15 Coach out of a pool of more than 17,000 candidates. Whitney understands how companies work, how investors think, and how the best coaches coach. An award-winning author, Johnson teaches the S Curve of Learning to managers and companies as both a keynote speaker and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning. She is a LinkedIn Top Voice (2020) with 1.8 million followers. Her course Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship has been viewed more than 1 million times. An innovation and disruption theorist, Whitney is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. Author of the bestselling Build an A Team (a Financial Times Book of the Month) and Disrupt Yourself, fittingly described by Publisher's Weekly as “Savvy . . . often counterintuitive . . . superb.” She hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself podcast with guests including Brené Brown, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and General Stanley McChrystal. Whitney was co-founder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen. Her role included fund formation, strategy, and capital raising. They invested and led the $8 million seed round for South Korea's Coupang ecommerce platform, currently valued at $50 billion. Grow Through Disruption Weekly Newsletter: Join Here Disrupt Yourself Podcast: Listen Here   [FREE Masterclass] The Peak Performance System for High Achievers: Click Here High Achievers Accountability >>

Whitney Johnson is CEO at Disruption Advisors and author of “Smart Growth – How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company”. It's full of advice about how individuals and organisations can realise their potential by charting where they are on Whitney's reimagined version of the “S curve” model. Whitney has insights that speak to all of us, regardless of where we are on our professional journey. She's got examples from companies – big and small – who have helped retain key talent by keeping them learning, developing and remaining firmly engaged. Whitney's also got advice for recruiters on when – and how – they can identify people at the right stage of their career path, thoughts on juggling multiple S-curves at the same time, and tips on how to navigate professional development as we continue to build a new world of work, post-pandemic. Support from this podcast comes from Visier. You can learn more by visiting https://www.visier.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Whitney Johnson is an award winning author, coach and executive advisor whose expertise is focused on helping leaders grow their people to grow their organization. Whitney is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company and one of the ten leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50. In 2017, she was selected from more than 17,000 candidates for the initial cohort of Marshall Goldsmith's 100 Coaches and was named as the #1Talent Coach.Whitney is also world-class key note speaker and frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning and an executive coach and advisors to CEOs. Some of her bestselling books include: Smart Growth, Build an A Team, a Financial Times Book of the Month and the critically acclaimed Disrupt Yourself. In this episode we'll talk about how organizations can grow their people in a smart and efficient way. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whitney Johnson is CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company in America (2020). One of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50, Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership. Whitney has worked at FORTUNE 100 companies, and as an award-winning equity analyst on Wall Street. She co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School's late Clayton Christensen. She has coached alongside the renowned Marshall Goldsmith, selected by Goldsmith in 2017 as a Top 15 Coach out of a pool of more than 17,000 candidates. Whitney understands how companies work, how investors think, and how the best coaches coach.An award-winning author, Johnson teaches the S Curve of Learning to managers and companies as both a keynote speaker and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning. She is a LinkedIn Top Voice (2020) with 1.8 million followers. Her course Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship has been viewed more than 1 million times.Whitney is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. Author of the bestselling Build an A Team (a Financial Times Book of the Month) and Disrupt Yourself, fittingly described by Publisher's Weekly as “Savvy . . . often counterintuitive . . . superb.” She hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself podcast with guests including Brené Brown, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and General Stanley McChrystal.### If you love this podcast please share it with friends, family and co-workers and leave a 5-star review! (If you don't love it, no need to leave a review!  We would also love to hear from you on LinkedIn and invite you to join our online community We Thrive Together where we are creating a safe place to talk about anxiety and mental health at work. Until next week, we hope you can find some peace and calm in a world that often is a sea of anxiety. ###Your hosts, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton have spent more than 2 decades helping clients around the world engage their employees on strategy, vision and values. They provide solutions for leaders looking to manage change, drive innovation and build high performance cultures and teams. Their work is supported by research with more than a million working adults across the globe.They are authors of multiple award-winning Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestsellers All In, Leading with Gratitude, and Anxiety at Work.  They have been called “fascinating” by Fortune and “creative and refreshing” by The New York Times.  Learn more about their Executive Coaching practice at TheCultureWorks.com. To book Adrian and Chester to keynote, contact christy@thecultureworks.com ### A shout out to our wonderful sponsor, LifeGuides. LifeGuides is a peer-to-peer community that helps people navigate through their day-to-day stressors by providing a place of empathy, listening, wisdom and support with a Guide who has walked in your shoes, experiencing the same challenge as you. We have a special offer for A@W Community from LifeGuides. It's this easy -  Schedule a demo and drop Healthy2021 in the “Any Questions?” box and receive 2 FREE months service.

In our next episode, our host Windy speaks with acclaimed and award winning author, coach and executive advisor Whitney Johnson about how organizations can grow their people in a smart and efficient way. Tune in next week for the full discussion. Whitney is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company and one of the ten leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode of the Entrepreneur Evolution Podcast, we are joined by Whitney Johnson, CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 2020 honoree, one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Thinkers50 ranked her one of the top ten management thinkers in the world in 2021, and in 2020 she was a Top Voice on LinkedIn, where she has 1.8 million followers. Whitney is the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of several books, including Disrupt Yourself and Build an A Team, and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business Publishing's Corporate Learning division. A former award-winning Wall Street equity analyst, Whitney is a highly sought-after executive advisor and coach. She also hosts the popular weekly podcast Disrupt Yourself. To learn more about Whitney Johnson, visit whitneyjohnson.com. You can also reach her at wj@whitneyjohnson.com. Buy “Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company” here: https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Growth-Grow-People-Company-ebook/dp/B08TCJZ7ST We would love to hear from you, and it would be awesome if you left us a 5-star review. Your feedback means the world to us, and we will be sure to send you a special thank you for your kind words. Don't forget to hit “subscribe” to automatically be notified when guest interviews and Express Tips drop every Tuesday and Friday. Interested in joining our monthly entrepreneur membership? Email Annette directly at yourock@ievolveconsulting.com to learn more. Ready to invest in yourself? Book your free session with Annette HERE. Keep evolving, entrepreneur. We are SO proud of you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/annette-walter/support

As one of the world's top ten business thinkers, Whitney Johnson knows a thing or two about how companies operate. Johnson, who is CEO of Disruption Advisors, has written four books including her most recent title, Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company.   In Episode 36, co-hosts Anne Deeter Gallaher and Anne Carnathan virtually welcome Johnson to the #GritandGravitas studio to talk about The Theory of Disruption, post-pandemic distortion, and the S-Curve. Dive into this #highgear episode that will have you charging into your day with newfound energy, optimism, and confidence!

In conversation with Whitney Johnson, CEO of Disruption Advisors and Wall Street Journal best-selling author of Smart Growth, talking about finding our voice and authenticity, understanding and developing our personal growth and nurturing the growth of those around us. We take a deep dive into the S-Curve of Learning – discussing exploration, the sweet spot and the coveted mastery.

Whitney Johnson is an innovation and disruption theorist and CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors. She hosts the long-running Disrupt Yourself Podcast and is the author of multiple books, including Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work and, most recently, Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company. Leading Learning Podcast co-host Celisa Steele and Whitney dive into key concepts from Smart Growth, particularly the S Curve of Learning, and why knowing where you and others are on the curve leads to individual, team, and organizational growth. They also discuss the relationship between leading and learning and how the S curve can be used as a powerful tool to guide, assess, and elevate your learning business. Full show notes and a transcript are available at https://www.leadinglearning.com/episode303.

In this episode I speak with Whitney Johnson, CEO, Disruption Advisors and author of, "Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company," whose wakeup call was to always progress in life and help others do the same after being born to an unmarried couple. https://whitneyjohnson.com/

Whether you are trying to develop your own team, or keep yourself moving forward, understanding the learning process is half the battle. Host Laura Zarrow sits down with Whitney Johnson, Founder and CEO of Disruption Advisors and author of Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company to talk about the emotional and practical components integral to learning new things at any age. Originally aired with Host Laura Zarrow on April 28, 2022 on SiriusXM's Business Radio, Channel 132. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you're interested in growing in your leadership practice and being inspired to think differently and unlock greater personal potential, we want to give you a gift. Just click the link below and tell us where to send you 12 Ideas That Will Make You A Better Leader In 2022. Whitney Johnson is CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company in America (2020). One of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50, Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership. Whitney has worked at FORTUNE 100 companies, and as an award-winning equity analyst on Wall Street. She co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School's late Clayton Christensen. She has coached alongside the renowned Marshall Goldsmith, selected by Goldsmith in 2017 as a Top 15 Coach out of a pool of more than 17,000 candidates. Whitney understands how companies work, how investors think, and how the best coaches coach. An award-winning author, Johnson teaches the S Curve of Learning to managers and companies as both a keynote speaker and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning. She is a LinkedIn Top Voice (2020) with 1.8 million followers. Her course Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship has been viewed more than 1 million times. An innovation and disruption theorist, Whitney is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. Author of the bestselling Build an A Team (a Financial Times Book of the Month), Disrupt Yourself (fittingly described by Publisher's Weekly as “Savvy . . . often counterintuitive . . . superb”), and Smart Growth. She hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself podcast with guests including Brené Brown, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and General Stanley McChrystal. Whitney was co-founder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen. Her role included fund formation, strategy, and capital raising. They invested and led the $8 million seed round for South Korea's Coupang ecommerce platform, currently valued at $50 billion.

In this episode, we consider how CHROs and HR leaders can keep their people engaged and growing in a post-pandemic workplace. Our guest this time is Whitney Johnson, CEO of human capital consultancy Disruption Advisors. Whitney and her team are experts at helping people grow their people - to grow their organization. Whitney is the award-winning author of Disrupt Yourself, a keynote speaker, and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning. She is a popular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, has 1.8 million followers on LinkedIn, where she was selected as a Top Voice in 2020, and her course on Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship has been viewed more than 1 million times.Whitney also hosts the popular Disrupt Yourself Podcast.We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast, and Iceni Media Inc. 

Whitney Johnson: Smart Growth Whitney Johnson is CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company in America. As one of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50, Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership. She has worked at FORTUNE 100 companies, and as an award-winning equity analyst on Wall Street. Whitney co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with the late Clayton Christensen. She has coached alongside Marshall Goldsmith, selected by him in 2017 as a Top 15 Coach out of a pool of more than 17,000 candidates. She is the author of Disrupt Yourself and the host of the podcast of the same name. She is also the author of Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company*. In this conversation, Whitney and I explore a big reality of growth; it's often slow at the start. We discuss three practical steps that leaders can take for both themselves and others to stay engaging during the early stages of growth. Key Points Auditing some of your roles, secrets, beliefs, values, and boundaries will help you move forward along the growth path. Listen to the stories that others tell and help them link past experiences with what's important today. Images are a critical entry point to growth. Utilize them in addition to the new behavior itself to begin to frame your thinking and identity. Circle back after receiving feedback and show others what you've learned from it and how it's changed your behavior. That motivates them to stay invested. Use “I am” statements that have a noun rather than a verb. Instead of “I run,” consider saying, “I am a runner.” Resources Mentioned Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company* by Whitney Johnson Interview Notes Download my interview notes in PDF format (free membership required). Related Episodes How to Become the Person You Want to Be, with James Clear (episode 376) How to Motivate Leaders, with John Maxwell (episode 452) How to Win the Long Game When the Short-Term Seems Bleak, with Dorie Clark (episode 550) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

One of the things we discuss on this show often is what the future will look like. Another key theme we keep coming back to is how individuals and companies can increase their impact so they can build the future they're looking to create.To that end, there was a book that came out right at the beginning of the year you might've missed, and I sure hope you didn't. The book is SMART GROWTH: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company, and it's by Whitney Johnson, who's CEO of Disruption Advisors, #8 on the Thinkers50 list of leading business thinkers in the world, and host of the popular Disrupt Yourself podcast. I talk to her about the concept of Smart Growth, how individuals and companies take stock of where they are now in order to help figure out where they ought to go next, how the Great Resignation is tied into the ideas she discusses in her book, and much more. As always, we welcome your feedback. Please make sure to subscribe, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Play - and make sure to follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn!

Welcome to episode #821 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #821 - Host: Mitch Joel. Growth is the goal. Helping people develop their potential - enabling them to articulate and become the self they want to be, are capable of being, and that best serves them and others in the short and long term — is what we, as individuals and leaders, strive toward. But how do we grow? This is the question that Whitney Johnson's new book, Smart Growth - How To Grow Your People To Grow Your Company answers. Whitney is CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors. Along with being one of the most fascinating people that I know, she is one of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50, Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership. Whitney has worked at Fortune 100 companies, and as an award-winning equity analyst on Wall Street. She co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School's late Clayton Christensen. She has coached alongside the renowned Marshall Goldsmith, selected by Goldsmith in 2017 as a Top 15 Coach out of a pool of more than 17,000 candidates. Whitney understands how companies work, how investors think, and how the best coaches coach. An award-winning author, Whitney teaches the S Curve of Learning to managers and companies as both a keynote speaker and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning. An innovation and disruption theorist, Whitney is also the author of the bestselling, Build an A Team and Disrupt Yourself. She also hosts the weekly, Disrupt Yourself podcast. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 54:21. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Whitney Johnson. Smart Growth - How To Grow Your People To Grow Your Company. Disrupt Yourself. Build an A Team. Disruption Advisors. Disrupt Yourself podcast. Follow Whitney on LinkedIn. Follow Whitney on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

In this episode of The Book Marketing Action Podcast, Becky shares about her experience recording the audiobook for Reach: Create the Biggest Possible Audience for Your Message, Book, or Cause. Then, https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyjohnson (Whitney Johnson) – CEO of https://whitneyjohnson.com/disruption-advisors/ (Disruption Advisors), Expert at Smart Growth Leadership, and Award-Winning https://whitneyjohnson.com/books/ (Author) – reads the foreword she wrote for the book. During the episode, Becky and Whitney also share: About the journey of recording an audiobook, how much time must be invested in it, and the joy authors can find in revisiting their work. How they have been involved in each other's lives, as well as how they have inspired each other over the years.   The foreword Whitney wrote for Reach. Various exciting upcoming opportunities to learn and grow with Becky. For our show notes, including action steps and resources, visit: https://bit.ly/3IzdEn6 (https://bit.ly/3IzdEn6)  Please feel free to send a message to Becky at becky@weavinginfluence.com to share your thoughts!

This episode is with Whitney Johnson - CEO of Disruption Advisors and one of the 10 leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50. She's an award-winning author, a world-class keynote speaker, and an executive coach and advisor to CEOs. In this episode we talk about the concepts in her latest book - Smart Growth: How to grow your people to grow your company. Find out how the S-Curve applied to the people in your team can help keep them fully engaged, improve employee retention, and ultimately drive company growth.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Whitney Johnson. Whitney is CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors. She is one of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50. Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership, and she co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School's late Clayton Christensen. She's also the author of a book — Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company.

In today's episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan speaks with Whitney Johnson. Whitney is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company. She also co-founded Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen,  is the host of the Disrupt Yourself podcast, and is the author of the book Smart Growth: How To Grow Your People To Grow Your Company. Whitney Johnson talked about the S-curve of personal, leadership, and organizational growth. Whitney also discussed creating a corporate culture that encourages continuous learning and development and leaders pursuing new S-curves of growth.Highlights:-      Why disruption is about more than products and services-      The three phases of the S-curve of growth-      Whitney Johnson on the neuroscience behind the S-curve-      How leaders can encourage growth in their organizations-      How to use S-curve as a recruiting and retention tool-      Whitney Johnson on the CEO mindset needed for growth-      How to deal with underperforming team members-      The importance of shadow values and how to use them in guiding your growthMentioned:-      Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School professor, author, and co-founded Disruptive Innovation Fund-      Everette Rogers, originated the diffusion of innovations theory-      Juan Carlos Mendez-Garcia, co-author of Throw Your Life A Curve-      Patrick Pichette, former CFO of Google-      Sumeet Shetty, Development Manager at SAP-      Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen-      Disrupt Yourself by Whitney Johnson-      Dare, Deam, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare To Dream by Whitney Johnson-      Build an A-Team by Whitney Johnson-      The Burnout Epidemic by Jennifer Moss-      How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton ChristensenConnect with Whitney Johnson:Smart Growth Book WebsiteDisrupt Yourself PodcastWhitney Johnson WebsiteWhitney Johnson TwitterWhitney Johnson InstagramWhitney Johnson LinkedInConnect with Mahan Tavakoli:MahanTavakoli.comMahan Tavakoli on LinkedInMore information and resources available at the Partnering Leadership Podcast website: PartneringLeadership.com

Whitney Johnson, CEO of Disruption Advisors and author of Smart Growth, joins the podcast to discuss The Great Aspiration, how to determine your place on the S curve, why it's important to have an action board, and how to jump to the next S curve with confidence. We also chat about how leaders can impact their employee's growth with the assessments and insights presented in her new book.  Chance to win Smart Growth Smart Growth Disrupt Yourself podcast Whitney Johnson HBR article Whitney's assessment

In this episode of the HR Leaders podcast, I'm joined by my guest Whitney Johnson, CEO of Disruption Advisors and author of Smart Growth: How To Grow Your People To Grow Your Company.Thanks to Motivosity for Supporting the show!Download their white paper, to learn the employee engagement and recognition “uh-oh's” from the last 30 years and the tools you need to change the tide on the great resignation to retain your top performers: https://bit.ly/3gcB7PlEpisode highlights02:53 - The inspiration for her new book 04:05 - Explaining the S-curve for learning07:17 - Why 2022 will be the year of tremendous growth in the workplace12:19 - The challenge of new beginnings27:46 - Stories from the Smart Growth: How To Grow Your People To Grow Your Company49:39 - How to speed up the S curve51:33 - How organisations can use S curves to retain talent57:02 - How to know when to make a changeDid you enjoy the episode? Subscribe to HR Leaders for more content like this http://bit.ly/2wFkCEqYou can learn more about us at www.hrdleaders.com/podcastIf you enjoyed the podcast be sure to subscribe for more content like this and visit our website to access resources mentioned: www.hrleaders.co/podcastSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Leading teams and organizations to greatness has never been more challenging than it is right now. But there is opportunity amidst the chaos. We are now in an era of post-traumatic growth. An https://www.egonzehnder.com/it-starts-with-the-ceo/highlights (Egon Zehnder study) reports that 80% of CEOs strongly agreed they needed to transform themselves as well as their organizations—up from 26% prior to the pandemic. Employees want to grow. Leaders want to help their people and their companies grow—and recognize that the only way to do that is to grow themselves. The challenge lies in knowing how to stop walking in circles, and move forward. In her new book SMART GROWTH: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company (Harvard Business Review Press; January 11, 2022) Whitney Johnson, CEO of Disruption Advisors, and one of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50, provides a set of tools to get smart about growth. Whitney Johnson is CEO of the tech-enabled development company Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company in America and was recently named #8 on the Thinkers50 list for 2021, made up of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world. She is an award-winning author, a regular keynote speaker and she and Shelley really hit it off on this week's episode. Time Stamps: 3:50--Working on a new framework of personal disruption led to the S Curve concept 9:55--Whitney's turning point moment of realizing she is going to have to disrupt herself 11:45--What's interesting about different kinds of fears 16:31--We're all operating at different levels of fears and awareness 19:38--Whenever you start something new you are at the base of the S 25:00--The many different ways you can apply the S curve to your life 31:06--The six stages of growth that correspond to the S curve 39:00--That place where your identity is shifting 44:20--You want to race before you've spent time in the collector phase 47:40--How 2022 is the Great Aspiration rather than the Great Resignation Show notes links:  https://whitneyjohnson.com/ (https://whitneyjohnson.com/) Be one of the first three listeners to leave us a review on https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-big-self-podcast/id1485907203 (on Apple iTunes) and receive your free copy of Whitney's brand new hardcover: Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company. https://open.spotify.com/show/1yx9VzUCRcYezd7cUlSRn4?si=Xygeo5a7T0ePnX7IaHu0AQ (Subscribe on Spotify). Find us at the Big Self Community on Facebook.

“We have discovered that we're more resilient than we thought.” How do we grow? Listen and learn as we hear from Whitney Johnson, author of Smart Growth and the CEO of Disruption Advisors. Her bestselling book, Smart Growth, is designed to help people turn growth into action and develop their potential. Hear her story on this week's episode of #TheKaraGoldinShow Sponsored by: LinkedIn Talent Solutions - LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at linkedin.com/karagoldin Enjoying this episode of #TheKaraGoldinShow? Let Kara know by clicking on the links below and sending her a quick shout-out on social or reach out to Kara Goldin directly at karagoldin@gmail.com Follow Kara Goldin on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karagoldin/ Follow Kara Goldin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karagoldin/ Follow Kara Goldin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/karagoldin Follow Kara Goldin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaraGoldin/ Check out our website to view show notes: https://karagoldin.com/podcast/226 List of links to resources mentioned in episode, suggested reading & social media handles: Whitney's book - https://amz.run/5J1y Whitney's Website - https://whitneyjohnson.com/ Disrupt Yourself Podcast - https://whitneyjohnson.com/disrupt-yourself-podcast/

#95 On this day Whitney Johnson informs Richie before the podcast begins that Bob Proctor passed. Whitney speaks to his memory, impact and experiences with him. Richie and Whitney also speak to the memory of Clayton Christensen and lessons Clayton shared with Whitney in their work together around disruptive innovation. Whitney discusses her new book Smart Growth and how the S Curve model helps individuals and organizations create positive transformations. In Smart Growth and on this podcast, "Whitney Johnson dives more deeply than ever into the S curve of growth and learning...The growth and learning journey comes in three phases: the Launch Point, the Sweet Spot, and the High End." This is a unique and special episode.   Whitney Johnson is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company, and an expert on smart growth leadership: growing your people to grow your company. Thinkers50 ranked her among the top ten management thinkers in the world in 2021, and in 2020 she was a Top Voice on LinkedIn, where she has 1.8 million followers. Johnson is an award-winning author, world-class keynote speaker, frequent lecturer for Harvard Business Publishing's Corporate Learning division, and an award-winning executive coach and adviser to CEOs. She is the author of several bestselling books, including Disrupt Yourself and Build an A-Team, and hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself podcast.   Go to https://whitneyjohnson.com/ to learn more.   To create your own "on-mission" experience in life, leadership, coaching, entrepreneurship and small business, go to: www.richienorton.com/76daychallenge   Want to continue the conversation? Join us!   RICHIE NORTON SHOW COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/richiepodcast   RICHIE NORTON SHOW NOTES AND RESOURCES: http://www.richienorton.com/   RICHIE NORTON SOCIAL:   INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/richie_norton LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardnorton FB: https://www.facebook.com/richienorton TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/richienorton

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.  I am thrilled to bring back girl boss Whitney Johnson for this week's episode of the What's Next! Podcast. Whitney is CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company in America (2020). She also co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School's late Clayton Christensen, worked as an award-winning equity analyst on Wall Street, and was named one of the top ten business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50. Whitney is an accomplished author of four books, and recently released “Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company” in 2022.  THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… people who want to maximize their growth potential and broaden their horizons. TODAY'S MAIN MESSAGE… Whitney doesn't think the term “The Great Resignation” accurately describes the workplace culture shift, rather she believes in “The Great Aspiration” - the idea that people are aspiring to jobs that give them greater fulfillment and more opportunities for learning and growth.  WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… Whitney's takes the S-Curve model one step further to apply the theory as an assessment tool for managers to help guide their team members and become the best boss a person will ever have.  Running time: 31:42   Subscribe on iTunes   Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Find Whitney online: Official Website Twitter LinkedIn Whitney's Book: Smart Growth

"Slow, fast, slow is how you grow."   You know those moments when you're chatting with someone, and it's so interesting that time just flies by? That's how I felt when speaking with Whitney Johnson!   In today's episode "Smart Growth: How Managers Can Grow Themselves, Their People, and Their Business" Whitney talks about her brand new book, Smart Growth, and how new managers can use it to create a breakthrough in 2022.   Whitney was named one of the top ten most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50 in 2021, and is CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company. She is an award-winning author, a LinkedIn Top Voice (1.79M followers), and she frequently writes for both HBR and MIT Sloan Management Review.    In this episode, you'll learn:   The framework known as the S Curve of Learning, and how to apply it meaningfully in your own development How to navigate through the three phases of growth (Launch Point, Sweet Spot, and Mastery) How to use the S Curve Insight Tool to develop and grow your people How this piano-playing music major ended up on Wall Street (cue Working Girl theme song)... and a lot more!   The S-Curve of Learning Slow-fast-slow is how you grow. And when you understand the emotional arc of your growth, then you'll be able to increase your learning and growing capacity as well. That's what we call the S-Curve of learning.   The Influential Role of the Manager The first thing that you want to really examine is do you actually want to be a manager? I meet lots of people who say I'm good at motivating people and inspiring people, but I'm not good at the day to day of managing people, and that's okay. You want to know that before you get into the job because you have a lot of influence on people, and so you want to make sure you're up for that kind of job.   Managing People Who Have Mastered Their Job People start becoming bored once they mastered something because they are no longer challenged. So for your people who are already very good at their job, what will make them grow is when you give them a new challenge. From that point on, growth may seem slower, but they'll be able to unlock new levels in their professional journey.       Links and Resources Connect with Whitney: LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Website, Email, Disrupt Yourself Podcast Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company by Whitney Johnson (book) The Female Advantage by Sally Helgesen (book) How Women Rise by Sally Helgesen (book) Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace (book)

How do you master the process of changing as a professional and as a person? How do you understand where you are on the S-curve of learning? And when you do, what will you do next? Dig into exploring the possibilities in front of you, shift gear and career, or disrupt yourself once you've reached mastery? How to avoid the distractions that impede your progress, and focus your attention wisely?Whitney Johnson, CEO of Disruption Advisors, and the author of a brilliant book called Smart Growth: how to grow your people to grow your company, describes three phases on this S-curve of learning: launch, sweet spot, and mastery, and the six roles you play along the way: explorer, collector, accelerator, metamorph, anchor, mountaineer.It's clear that our development, our learning is a strategic exercise. We need to make choices about where we go next, who we serve, and how we win. Whitney left me optimistic about the potential of humankind to do this, armed with her insights, stories, and tools More about Whitney: Whitney Johnson is CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors. One of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50, Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership. Book 'Smart Growth: how to grow your people to grow your company'S Curve Insight Platform.Whitney Johnson profileDisrupt Yourself podcast. Grow through Disruption newsletter 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

*This episode is sponsored by Spokn (as a listener of our podcast you can get 2 months free on the annual contract with Spokn, please head over to getspokn.com/scalingculture) Our guest is Whitney Johnson - one of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50 and a LinkedIn Top Voice with 1.8 million followers. Whitney is the CEO of Disruption Advisors and an award-winning author of multiple books, including her most recent book “SMARTH GROWTH: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company” published by Harvard Business Review Press. She also hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself podcast with guests including Brené Brown, Adam Grant, Simon Sinek, and General Stanley McChrystal. An innovation and disruption theorist, Whitney is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. She teaches the S Curve of Learning to managers and companies as both a keynote speaker and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning. In this episode of Scaling Culture, Ron and Whitney discuss: What is the S Curve of Learning and key stages of growth? How to grow your people and help them find their S Curve? How to use the S curve to become better leaders? How to use the S curve to design your team and scale it across the organization?  This S curve concept gives leaders great language to use in coaching and developing their team members.  Plus in the episode, Whitney gives a trick for ensuring your feedback is well received. This episode of Scaling Culture is sponsored by Spokn, a podcasting platform for the workplace.  For more information about Whitney and her work and books, please follow her on LinkedIn or go to her author's page on Amazon.    To learn more or purchase the Scaling Culture Masterclass online course, please go to ScalingCulture.Org If you're enjoying the Scaling Culture podcast, please subscribe and share. We'll be back soon with another incredible guest! 

How can we plot our growth? Award-winning author, CEO of Disruption Advisors, and friend of the show Whitney Johnson returns to discuss her newest book,… The post Episode 257: Whitney Johnson – Smart Growth first appeared on Bregman Partners.

Whitney Johnson is CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company in America and was recently named #8 on the Thinkers50 list for 2021, made up of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world. She is an award-winning author, a regular keynote speaker, and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning. A frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review, Johnson is author of several top-selling books including "Disrupt Yourself" and "Build an A Team." Her latest book is "Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company." She is also the host of the popular Disrupt Yourself podcast. www.whitneyjohnson.com

Whitney Johnson shares key science behind learning and growth so you can continue growing your skills smartly over the long haul. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The 3 phases of growth–and how to master them 2) How to get your brain to learn faster 3) The tremendous power of ridiculously small goals Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep733 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT WHITNEY — Whitney Johnson is CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company in America and one of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50. She is an award-winning author, a regular keynote speaker, and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning. A frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review, Johnson is author of several top-selling books including Disrupt Yourself and Build an A Team. Her latest book is Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company. She is also the host of the popular Disrupt Yourself podcast, with guests including Brené Brown, Simon Sinek, Susan Cain, and General Stanley McChrystal. • Book: Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company • Book website: SmartGrowthBook.com • Podcast: Disrupt Yourself • Tool: S Curve Insight Platform — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear • Book: Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You by Suneel Gupta and Carlye Adler • Book: Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan • Book: The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton Christensen • E-commerce: Rent the Runway • Study: The New Science of Wise Psychological Interventions by Gregory Walton • Tool: WHOOP • YouTube: Anxiety Skills – Therapy in a Nutshell with Emma McAdam • Past episode: 317: How to Form Habits the Smart Way with BJ Fogg, PhD • Past episode: 665: How to Make Lasting Change – According to Science – with Katy Milkman • Past episode: 708: The 7 Steps to Winning Others' Support with Suneel Gupta See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Whitney Johnson, Founder and CEO at Disruption Advisors, Manish Sharma, Group CEO of operations at Accenture and Sanjib Sahoo, EVP and CDO at Ingram Micro, Inc. DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

Whitney Johnson is a Top Ten Business Thinker in the world! She shares her thoughts from years of speaking, reading, writing, and coaching around the topics of personal and executive development. Check out her latest book, Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Business.Find it on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/35awsay8 To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

The S Curve of Learning is about personal development — our skills, mastery, and career aspirations. But applying it to teams unlocks a whole new way to run a business. After all, the individual is the fundamental unit of any company. In her latest article for the Harvard Business Review titled "Manage Your Organization as a Portfolio of Learning Curves," Whitney expounds on why it's not enough to track your team's performance and goals. Knowing where each individual is on their personal S Curve has huge ramifications for talent development, team configuration, and the long-term health of your business (long after your current team has moved on). Some of this advice may seem counter-intuitive. Having a dream team at 100% mastery sounds like a win ... until they all get bored and leave. And hiring a person who is underqualified for a role sounds like a recipe for disaster ... unless you're thinking about the big picture. Disruption Advisors coach and veteran broadcaster Steve Ludwig joins this episode as a guest host to interview Whitney about the HBR article and how it connects to her new book Smart Growth, which is available for pre-order now. Read the full article: https://hbr.org/2022/01/manage-your-organization-as-a-portfolio-of-learning-curves Pre-order Smart Growth: https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Growth-Grow-People-Company-ebook/dp/B08TCJZ7ST

“We're wired to grow,” says Whitney Johnson, CEO of talent development company, Disruption Advisors and best-selling author. Whitney believes that disruptions over the courses of our careers, whether self-created or not, allow us to reset our goals and to grow. Whitney is living proof. She went from being a secretary on Wall Street, to award winning analyst, to running her own company. This episode will leave you with a new view of your career journey. Tune in! whitneyjohnson.com #liveyourbestlife  lizbrunner.com/live-your-best-life If you have a guest idea, or want to learn more about Brunner Communications, contact Liz at info@LizBrunner.com.

“We're wired to grow,” says Whitney Johnson, CEO of talent development company, Disruption Advisors and best-selling author. Whitney believes that disruptions over the courses of our careers, whether self-created or not, allow us to reset our goals and to grow. Whitney is living proof. She went from being a secretary on Wall Street, to award winning analyst, to running her own company. This episode will leave you with a new view of your career journey. Tune in! whitneyjohnson.com #liveyourbestlife  lizbrunner.com/live-your-best-life If you have a guest idea, or want to learn more about Brunner Communications, contact Liz at info@LizBrunner.com.

https://romyzeid.com/ Award winning author, world-class keynote speaker, frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School, executive coach, Podcast host and CEO of her own company - Disruption Advisors - Whitney Johnson. Listed as one of LinkedIn's 'Top Voices of 2020', Whitney provides life and business insight as to how you should Disrupt Yourself!

Many leaders are so busy with the day-to-day of running their business that they take little time to invest in themselves and their teams. Whitney Johnson has seen that throughout her career and now helps leaders spend more time focusing on personal and team growth.  Whitney is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 2020 fastest-growing private company in America, one of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50, and the host of the popular podcast Disrupt Yourself. In this episode, Whitney talks with Tricia about why leaders don't invest in their teams and how to get started.  Welcome to episode 74 of One Next Step.

Whitney Johnson is the CEO of human capital consultancy Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 2020 fastest-growing private company in America. One of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world (#14) as named by Thinkers50, Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership.In This Episode:·         How not getting into first choice of colleges was a small shift with big outcomes·         From music major to equity analyst·         The importance of having an opinion·         Becoming less interested in just ‘picking' stocks, and more interested in picking people.·         Spotting people's gifts·         The S Curve Insight Platform

Whitney Johnson is the CEO of human capital consultancy Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 2020fastest-growing private company in America. One of the fifty leading business thinkers in the world (#14)as named by Thinkers50, Whitney and her team are expert at helping people grow their people to growtheir organization.Having worked at Fortune 100 companies, been an award-winning equity analyst on Wall Street,invested with Harvard's Clayton Christensen, and coached alongside the renowned Marshall Goldsmith,Whitney understands how companies work, how investors think, and how the best coaches coach–––allof which she brings to her work in coaching CEOs and C-Suite executives. Whitney works with highgrowth venture-backed start-ups and Fortune 100 companies across a variety of sectors includingconsumer goods, technology, higher education and financial services. In 2017, she was selected frommore than 16,000 candidates as a “Top 15 Coach” by Dr. Marshall Goldsmith.She is the award-winning author of Disrupt Yourself (Harvard Business Press, 2019), a world-classkeynote speaker, and frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning. She is apopular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, has 1.8 million followers on LinkedIn, where shewas selected as a Top Voice in 2020, and her course on Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship has beenviewed more than 1 million times.Whitney was the cofounder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School's ClaytonChristensen, through which they invested in and led the $8 million seed round for South Korea'sCoupang (NASDAQ: CPNG), currently valued at more than $70 billion. She was involved in fundformation, capital raising, and the development of the fund's strategy.As a former award-winning Wall Street stock analyst, Whitney understands momentum and growth. Shewas an Institutional Investor–ranked equity research analyst for eight consecutive years, rated byStarmine as a superior stock-picker. As an equity analyst, stocks under coverage included America Movil(NYSE: AMX), Televisa (NYSE: TV) and Telmex (NYSE: TMX), which accounted for roughly 40% of Mexico'smarket capitalization.She hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself podcast (guests have included Simon Sinek, Brené Brown, andZaza Pachulia). She hosts the weekly LinkedIn Live Calm Amidst Chaos and publishes a popular weeklynewsletter. Whitney is married, has two children, and lives in Lexington, VA. For more information,please visit www.whitneyjohnson.com.Links:Disrupt Yourself Podcast: https://whitneyjohnson.com/disrupt-yourself-podcast/Whitney Johnson Books: https://whitneyjohnson.com/books/Whitney Johnson Newsletter: https://whitneyjohnson.com/newsletter/

This week, the tables are turned when the host becomes the guest on her own show. Amy Humble, president of Disruption Advisors, interviews Whitney about the challenge and personal growth that comes out of writing a book. Smart Growth, which expounds on the S-Curve of learning for organizations, had a dramatic development curve of its own: unbridled excitement at the beginning, with a plummet to the bottom when the work began. It was "laborious and painful." But as Whitney explains, writing a book is not a solitary endeavor. "It's a team sport." Many hands have touched Smart Growth. A trusted friend even "eviscerated" an early manuscript — a terrifying ordeal that bore essential fruit. As Whitney explains in the book, growth is contagious, which is why personal growth among individuals is critical to organizational growth. The birth of this book is no exception. Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company is available for pre-order now wherever books are sold. We're conducting a quick, anonymous survey to understand our audience better! It takes less than 1 minute, and is enormously helpful. Take it here:  Disrupt Yourself Podcast 2021

This week on DisrupTV, we interviewed Whitney Johnson, Founder and CEO at Disruption Advisors, Pat White, CEO of Bitwave and Sarah Stein Greenberg, Author of CREATIVE ACTS FOR CURIOUS PEOPLE: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways. DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

EQ AT WORK, EQ AT HOME - Don't miss this engaging conversation! Tyler swaps provocative questions and thoughtful answers with guest Whitney Johnson: author, speaker, trainer, coach, disrupter & EQ master. Whitney Johnson is the CEO of human capital consultancy Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 2020 fastest-growing private company in America. One of the fifty leading business thinkers in the world (#14) as named by Thinkers50, Whitney and her team are expert at helping people grow their people to grow their organization. She was a LinkedIn Top Voice in 2020, and hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself podcast. Little known fact: She is obsessed with K dramas. https://whitneyjohnson.com/ Follow The 5-Star Approach on: • LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-5-star-approach • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/5starapproach • Instagram https://www.instagram.com/5starapproach/

The events of the past 15 months have been extraordinarily disruptive to life on our planet.  The way we work shifted for many and the next wave of disruption that seems to be erupting is the ‘Why' we work piece.   My guest for this episode understands change and disruption so well she wrote a book about it titled Disrupt Yourself.  Whitney Johnson is CEO of human capital consultancy Disruption Advisors an Inc. 5000 2020 fastest-growing private company in America, one of the fifty leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50 and host of the Disrupt Yourself podcast.  As organizations venture into efforts to attract and retain talent in a new market, reflecting on the impact of the past year and a half, lessons learned and opportunities to put your strengths to work will be a few of the keys to not just surviving, but thriving as a business.  Listen in as Whitney shines a light the power of the S-Curve to ground us and provide insight into how we can thrive in an era of disruption by disrupting ourselves and our organizations.   Connect with Whitney Johnson Website: https://whitneyjohnson.com/ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyjohnson/ Instagram: instagram.com/johnsonwhitney Twitter: twitter.com/johnsonwhitney Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wljadvisors Clubhouse: @johnsonwhitney Connect with Susan Morgan Bailey Email: susan.bailey@marshmma.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanmbailey/