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How do the principles of disruptive innovation apply to personal change and growth?
Find out by listening on-the-go to our conversation with Whitney Johnson, widely acknowledged as the leading thinker on driving corporate innovation through personal disruption. She is the author of the critically-acclaimed book Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work, just published in October, 2015.
Whitney co-founded Rose Park Advisors, a boutique investment firm, with Clayton Christensen, and was an Institutional Investor-ranked analyst for eight consecutive years, including at Merrill Lynch. She and her work have been been covered in The Atlantic, BBC, CNN, Fast Company, the Guardian, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, and more. (see more in Whitney’s bio below).
Find out:
- How self-disruption can be a powerful tool for professional and personal growth
- How using the “S-curve” model of growth can guide you to unexpected heights of success
- Three immediately useful ideas for activating your own personal disruption and realizing your dreams
About Whitney Johnson
Whitney Johnson is the leading thinker on driving corporate innovation through personal disruption, and she is the author of the critically-acclaimed book Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work. She co-founded Rose Park Advisors, a boutique investment firm, with Clayton Christensen, and was an Institutional Investor-ranked analyst for eight consecutive years, including at Merrill Lynch. She is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, and is also the author of the book Dare, Dream Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream (2012).
Whitney has been widely recognized for her contributions, including being named a Future Thinker Finalist by management Thinkers50 in 2013, and was one of Fortune’s 55 Most Influential Women on Twitter in 2014. Whitney is also the co-founder of the Forty Over 40 list, recognizing women who are reinventing, disrupting, and making an impact. Find out more about Whitney Johnson.
Resources for This Episode
- Find out more about Disrupt Yourself — order on Amazon.com
- Read Whitney Jonson’s articles in Harvard Business Review
- Take Advantage of our special Holiday Offer for buying Preventing Strategic Gridlock