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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.
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
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
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.
Check out this special content for ambitious small business leaders based the interview with Whitney Johnson, author of Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company, and a relevant tool, topic, or technique from one of my leadership programs. Track 1 How Jeremy Andrus, the CEO of Traeger Grills, overcame the resistance of the management team when he came onboard. Track 2 3 Tips for using the S-Curve in your business
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:
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.
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!
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.
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.
In part one of a two-part episode, Jeff welcomes Whitney Johnson into Better Innovation. Whitney is the CEO of Distribution Advisors, S Curve Learning coach, Disrupt Yourself podcast host, and an award-winning author. In this timely discussion, Whitney breaks down the key principles from her latest book, Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company. Whitney is THE leader in the application of S Curves to personal growth - great for you, your people, and the organization. This book comes at just the right time, as many are contemplating jumping S Curves for personal growth. Are you ready for a change in your life? Listen as Whitney guides you through the journey.
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!
In this episode hear Whitney Johnson explain the S Curve of Learning from her latest book, Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company. She describes the three phases in the curve as the Launch Point, the Sweet Spot, and Mastery and helps you understand where people are on the learning journey to develop their potential. For more information about Whitney Johnson visit www.whitneyjohnson.com/newsletter or listen to her Disrupt Yourself podcast.
Whitney Johnson joins the show to discuss her new book "Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company". Join us to dive deep into the S-Curve of Learning! Whitney is an innovation and disruption theorist and former award-winning Wall Street stock analyst. She is the author of the bestselling Build an A Team, the critically-acclaimed Disrupt Yourself, and is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. Guest: Whitney Johnson linkedin.com/in/whitneyjohnson https://whitneyjohnson.com/books/ Hosts: Mike Thul - linkedin.com/in/thulmichael Jessie Novey - linkedin.com/in/jessienovey INTERESTED IN SPONSORSHIP? Please email tcshrmpodcast@gmail.com Twin Cities Society For Human Resources: Recognized as one of the nation's largest SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) chapters, TCSHRM is based in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. With an ongoing calendar of events, we are an active SHRM group always looking to promote, influence, and educate our members through multiple channels. Join Us! Become a TCSHRM Member. https://www.tcshrm.org/ Thank you for listening, and if you enjoy this podcast please consider leaving a review as it helps us reach more listeners. © MMXX TCSHRM. All Rights Reserved. For Personal Use Only.
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.
We are always learning, whether it's changing careers or learning a new instrument. But how do we transition from the curiosity stage, to completely mastering the skill? It turns out it's a rather predictable process. The growth and learning journey we all embark on, many times in our life, can, according to Whitney Johnson, be visualized on the S Curve of Learning. The growth and learning journey comes in three phases: the Launch Point, the Sweet Spot, and Mastery. In this episode with Whitney and in her new book “Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company”, we can learn how to keep going when growth is slow and why we sometimes leap from one journey to another. By familiarizing ourselves with the growth journey, we can better ourselves, our workplaces and our societies. Not only has Whitney been a fascinating guest on our podcast, she has also generously given us some signed copies of her book for our listeners! All you have to do is write a Twitter post about why you would like to read Whitney's book Smart Growth on social media and tag us in the post: @behavioralgroov. We will choose the lucky winners and send you a FREE SIGNED COPY! Topics (1:18) Find out how to WIN Whitney's new book, “Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company”. (4:11) What is the S Curve of Learning? (11:33) How we have learnt to integrate our work life and home life during the pandemic. (15:44) Nobody climbs their S Curve alone; how important is context? (18:49) The 6 phases of the S Curve. (26:28) How Shellye Archambeau jumped onto new S Curves in order to reach the summit. (34:51) What is Whitney's next challenge? (40:58) Whitney's S Curve with music. (47:00) Grooving Session with Kurt and Tim recapping what we learnt from Whitney. © 2022 Behavioral Grooves Links Win a signed copy of Whitney's new book at @behavioralgroov “Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company” by Whitney Johnson: https://amzn.to/3NpapCq “The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)” by Clayton Christensen: https://amzn.to/3JE3mDu Thich Nhat Hanh quote: “You have to do it by yourself. You can not do it alone.” Episode 204, How Shellye Archambeau Flies Like an Eagle: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/shellye-archambeau-like-an-eagle/ Disrupt Yourself Podcast: https://whitneyjohnson.com/disrupt-yourself-podcast/ Jacqueline Novogratz on Disrupt Yourself Podcast: https://whitneyjohnson.com/233-jacqueline-novogratz-when-the-work-gets-hard-look-for-beauty/ Simon Sinek on Disrupt Yourself Podcast: https://whitneyjohnson.com/simon-sinek/ Livingston Taylor On Disrupt Yourself Podcast: https://whitneyjohnson.com/livingston-taylor/ Sunil Gupta on Disrupt Yourself Podcast: https://whitneyjohnson.com/222-suneel-gupta/ Behavioral Grooves Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/behavioralgrooves. Musical Links Diana Krall “Just The Way You Are”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8RYUZT57XA Stevie Wonder “As”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYQfWJNWe3I Rodgers & Hammerstein“Getting To Know You” from The King and I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlx6gQWfjp0 Aimee Nolte piano jazz tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJCj7J69vsQ Tori Kelly “Don't You Worry About A Thing”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skq4IQmt58o
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 this episode, Brian talks to entrepreneur, keynote speaker, top global consultant, and author Whitney Johnson about her latest book, “Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company.” They discuss many of the obstacles facing business owners and their employees today, and how the savviest leaders are successfully navigating the “S-curves” of 2022.
Ellevate Podcast: Conversations With Women Changing the Face of Business
This week, friend of the show Whitney Johnson is back to discuss the change that happens when people believe in you, learning about the S curve in life and career changes, and her new book, "Smart Growth: How to Grow People to Grow Your Company."
Ellevate Podcast: Conversations With Women Changing the Face of Business
This week, friend of the show Whitney Johnson is back to discuss the change that happens when people believe in you, learning about the S curve in life and career changes, and her new book, "Smart Growth: How to Grow People to Grow Your Company."
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.
Best selling author Whitney Johnson join Jami and Jeff to discuss her new best selling book, "Smart Growth: How to Grow People to Grow Your Company" and Streaking. The "S Curve" and Streaking go together like Ice Cream and Apple Pie, or in Whitney's words, "S is for Streaking." Listen in as they discuss the experiences Whitney has had in uncovering the S Curve of learning and how you can power it with Streaking. If you want to learn more about Streaking, buy the book at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Indie Books. To track your streaks and join a community of streakers, download the Streaking app from the Apple App Storeor Google Play and please rate or rate and review the app and the book. Thank you!
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
Idea to Value - Creativity and Innovation with Nick Skillicorn
In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with award-winning author and innovation specialist Whitney Johnson. See the full episode at https://wp.me/p6pllj-1Ig #growth #innovation With nearly 2 million followers on Linkedin, she is one of the most popular speakers and experts on innovation, and we speak about her new book Smart Growth: How to Grow your People to Grow your Company. Topics covered in this episode: 00:00:45 - Whitney's journey from Wall Street to her time with Clayton Christensen, and finally to her work as a disruption advisor 00:03:00 - What is growth and the S-Curve popularised by E. Rogers? 00:06:00 - Why growth does not feel consistent, and why it can be so slow and frustrating at the beginning 00:09:30 - How people can be in a state of Flow in their S-Curve for a long time. 00:12:00 - Why it is so hard to create and innovate as you get older, and the importance of starting with small steps to form a habit 00:16:30 - Your journey of moving through several S-Curves throughout your life, and sometimes multiple simultaneously 00:21:00 - Using S-Curves to get the best growth performance out of teams, and entire companies as a portfolio of S-Curves 00:26:00 - How to have a challenging conversation with someone else who might need to grow, but it might become uncomfortable Links mentioned in this episode: Smart Growth Book: https://smartgrowthbook.com/ Whitney Johnson's Website: https://whitneyjohnson.com Whitney on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyjohnson/ Bonus: This episode was made possible by our premium innovation and creativity training. Take your innovation and creativity capabilities to the next level by investing in yourself now, at https://www.ideatovalue.com/all-access-pass-insider-secrets/ * Subscribe on iTunes to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/idea-to-value-creativity-innovation/id1199964981?mt=2 * Subscribe on Spotify to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4x1kANUSv7UJoCJ8GavUrN * Subscribe on Stitcher to the Idea to Value Podcast: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=129437&refid=stpr * Subscribe on Google Podcasts to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9pZGVhdG92YWx1ZS5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw Want to rapidly validate new ideas and innovative products and GROW your online business? These are the tools I actually use to run my online businesses (and you can too): * The best email management and campaigns system: ActiveCampaign (Free Trial) http://www.activecampaign.com/?_r=M17NLG2X * Best value web hosting: BlueHost WordPress http://www.activecampaign.com/?_r=M17NLG2X * Landing pages, Sales Pages and Lead collection: LeadPages (Free Trial) http://leadpages.pxf.io/c/1385771/390538/5673 * Sharing & List building: Sumo (Free) https://sumo.com/?src=partner_ideatovalue * Payments, Shopping Cart, affiliate management and Upsell generator: ThriveCart https://improvides--checkout.thrivecart.com/thrivecart-standard-account/ * Video Webinars for sales: WebinarJam and Everwebinar ($1 Trial) https://nickskillicorn.krtra.com/t/lwIBaKzMP1oQ * Membership for protecting content: Membermouse (Free Trial) http://affiliates.membermouse.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=735 * eLearning System for students: WP Courseware https://flyplugins.com/?fly=293 * Video Editing: Techsmith Camtasia http://techsmith.z6rjha.net/vvGPv I have used all of the above products myself to build IdeatoValue and Improvides, which is why I can confidently recommend them. I may also receive affiliate payments for any business I bring to them using the links above. Copyright https://www.ideatovalue.com
This week, Whitney shares the entire first chapter of her new book Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company, which covers the launch point of any new S Curve of learning: Exploration. Exploring something new is exciting, and we can be better decision makers if we consider criteria like: Is this achievable? Is it worth the cost? Does it align with my values? We also take a lesson that TV host Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) shared on this very podcast. If you're learning a new musical instrument, a TikTok dance, or a major career shift, this chapter will be your road map. Smart Growth is now available as an audiobook, paperback, hardcover, and Kindle edition on Amazon, or wherever books are sold: Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company
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.
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/
Whitney Johnson, CEO of Disruption Advisor, discusses her book “Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company” and explains how companies can recruit and retain talent. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Whitney Johnson, CEO of Disruption Advisor, discusses her book “Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company” and explains how companies can recruit and retain talent. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Because the fundamental unit of growth in any organization is the individual, our starting point for talking about growth is you. Some of the questions we will answer are: • Why, despite the desire to learn, can it be so difficult to start something new and stick with it? • What does it take to gain and maintain momentum? • Once we've made considerable progress, why do we sometimes tire of what we're doing and even feel we can no longer do it? Why do we outgrow things so quickly? The more you understand about your deep longing to grow and how to grow yourself, the greater your capacity to grow your people, to grow your company. That's smart growth. The S Curve of Learning is a map to look at your life: where you were, where you are, and where you want to go—a continuous pathway to achieving potential. When you can picture yourself moving along this growth curve, you can more easily plan a trajectory and plot your progress. You can get smart about your growth. We welcome friend of the Innovation Show and author of yet another fantastic book, Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company, Whitney Johnson. More about Whitney here: https://whitneyjohnson.com https://smartgrowthbook.com
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