Whitney Johnson, CEO and Co-Founder of Disruption Advisors, is a world-class coach, globally recognised thought leader, author, keynote speaker, and consultant helping organisations operationalise a growth mindset in their leaders and teams. Whitney is a leading expert in smart growth leadership, known for helping individuals and organisations achieve transformative success with clients such as Kraft Heinz, Intermountain Healthcare, Bank of America, and more.
With a career spanning Fortune 100 companies, best-selling books, and award-winning equity analysis on Wall Street, Whitney brings unparalleled insight into how companies operate, how investors think, and how exceptional leaders coach. As co-founder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund alongside Harvard Business School’s Clayton Christensen, Whitney helped shape strategy, raise capital, and invest in groundbreaking ventures.
A trusted innovation and disruption thinker, Whitney is the bestselling author of Smart Growth — a WSJ, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling title — as well as Build an A Team and Disrupt Yourself. She is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review , and her work has empowered thousands through her coaching, keynotes, and popular Disrupt Yourself podcast, featuring luminaries like Adam Grant, Brené Brown, and James Clear.
Whitney teaches her powerful S Curve™ framework for growth as a coach and facilitator, most recently hosting eight senior HR executives for an exclusive retreat to jumpstart their growth. With 1.7 million LinkedIn followers as a Top Voice (2020), her course Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship has been viewed over 1 million times. Whether guiding CEOs, private equity partners, or rising leaders, Whitney Johnson is redefining how individuals and companies unlock their full potential for the future.
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Disrupt Yourself: The Key to Thriving in Unpredictable Times
In a world where workplace dynamics shift overnight, staying ahead demands more than just resilience—it requires reinvention. How do you lead your team through uncertainty while staying relevant and innovative? In this engaging keynote, Whitney Johnson introduces a powerful framework that enables you to adapt, evolve, and inspire your workforce through change and disruption. Discover how to break free from outdated mindsets, embrace change with confidence, and become the transformative leader your organisation needs to navigate the future of work. Change starts with you.
Disrupt Yourself: The Key to Thriving in Unpredictable Times
The Silent Superpower: The Stabilising Force Behind Thriving Teams
In a world focused on disruption, we often overlook the stabilising forces that hold teams and organisations together. Stability isn't the opposite of growth—it's the foundation for it. In this thought-provoking keynote, Whitney Johnson reveals how stability fuels trust, fosters resilience, and creates the psychological safety necessary for innovation. Learn how to balance disruption with stability, identify stabilisers within your team, and harness their power to build stronger, more cohesive organisations. Discover how cultivating stability unlocks sustainable success in even the most unpredictable environments.
The Silent Superpower: The Stabilising Force Behind Thriving Teams
Smart Growth: Supercharging Your Talent to Accelerate Results
Your company's growth starts with your people. Yet many organisations unintentionally stifle employee potential, leaving talent bored, stagnant, or disengaged. In this dynamic keynote, Whitney Johnson shares how to use the S Curve of Growth to unlock your team's natural desire to learn and grow. You'll gain insights into the three stages of growth—Launch Point, Sweet Spot, and Mastery—and learn actionable strategies to support your people at every stage. When you invest in individual growth, you don't just transform careers—you ignite innovation and drive unparalleled results. Smart growth starts with your team.
Smart Growth: Supercharging Your Talent to Accelerate Results
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Whitney Johnson | World Authority on Smart Growth Leadership & Personal Disruption
Whitney Johnson is the CEO of Disruption Advisors (thedisruptionadvisors.com), a leadership development company, helping you grow your people to grow your business. 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 (2021). She is a world class keynote speaker and a popular lecturer for Harvard Business Publishing’s Corporate Learning. She has 1.8 million followers on LinkedIn where she was selected as a Top Voice in 2020. Integral to her work is the weekly Disrupt Yourself Podcast which has millions of downloads. Guests have included Brené Brown, Steve Young, Susan Cain, and Simon Sinek.
