Whitney Johnson is a global thought leader in smart growth leadership and disruptive innovation. As CEO of Disruption Advisors, she has worked with Fortune 100 companies, helping them develop high-performing executive talent. Named one of the Top 10 Business Thinkers by Thinkers50, Johnson is a renowned speaker and author of bestselling books like Disrupt Yourself and Smart Growth. She is a world authority on how people—not companies—drive disruption and innovation.
Whitney Johnson began her career as an institutional investor-ranked analyst at Merrill Lynch, applying growth principles to identify high-performing stocks. Inspired by Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation theory, she developed her personal disruption framework, applying it to individuals and teams within organizations. As the founder of Disruption Advisors, she now advises CEOs and executives on fostering a culture of innovation and continuous growth. Johnson is also a contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review, and was selected as a top coach by Marshall Goldsmith.
Whitney Johnson’s conferences are transformative and practical, focused on how organizations can foster growth through individual disruption. Using the S Curve of Learning™, Johnson teaches how to identify where people and teams are in their growth process and how to leverage that understanding for better performance and innovation. Her engaging and practical approach offers actionable strategies for implementing disruption both personally and at the corporate level.
In this keynote, Whitney Johnson introduces the S Curve of Learning™ model, showing how personal growth drives organizational growth. Attendees will learn to identify where their teams are on the growth curve and how to support them to keep moving forward.
Johnson explains how to develop a high-growth team using the S Curve of Learning. This framework helps leaders manage employees according to their stage of development and optimize team performance, maximizing contribution to company growth.
Johnson discusses what it takes to foster an innovative culture in organizations, exploring how disruption begins at the individual level and how that mindset can propel companies to new levels of success and growth.
If you’re looking for an inspiring and practical talk on leadership, disruption, or smart growth, you can book Whitney Johnson through Thinking Heads. As one of the world’s leading experts in disruptive innovation and team development, Whitney will help take your organization to the next level. Contact Thinking Heads today for more information and secure her participation at your next event.
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