The Roadmap For Successful Growth With Whitney Johnson

Expand Your Zone

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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