In this episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames chats with the wonderful Whitney Johnson. Whitney Johnson is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company. She was named a 2021 Top #10 Business Thinkers by Thinkers50, and is a globally recognized thought-leader, keynote speaker, executive coach, and consultant. 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).
Zachary and Whitney dive into her book Smart Growth and the idea of the S-Curve. She also shares her three big “aha moments” about the momentum of people, disruption, and growth - and how you can use the S-Curve to understand how groups and individuals change.
Topics:
- S-curve
- Goal Setting
- Growth
Shoutouts
- Smart Growth
- Disrupt Yourself Podcast
- Jim Barno
- Clayton Christensen
- Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
- Disrupt Yourself Article
- Everett Rogers
- Liar’s Poker
- Scott O’Neil
- Brittany Boyd
- Donna Daniels
- Yang Xu
- BJ Fogg
- James Clear
- Ryan Westwood
- Warren Buffet
- Laura Gassner Otting
- Forefront
- Amy Humble
Companies Mentioned
- Disruption Advisors
- Kraft Heinz
Connect with Zach & the XYZ Team:
- https://www.xyzleadership.xyz/
- Instagram - @xyz_lead
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/xyzleadership
- Tik-Tok: @xyz_lead
- Youtube: Expand Your Zone
Connect with Whitney:
- Instagram: @johnsonwhitney @disruptyourself_podcast
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyjohnson/
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