16. Whitney Johnson: Disruptive Innovation

Whitney Johnson is an expert on disruptive innovation and personal disruption. She developed her proprietary framework and diagnostics after having co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School’s Clayton Christensen. This framework is complemented by a deep understanding of how executives create and destroy value, having spent nearly a decade as an Institutional Investor ranked equity analyst on Wall Street.

SUMMARY 00:55 – What’s life about? 04:29 – Growing up. 11:48 – The psychology of disruption. 22:09 – Lightning round. 30:31 – How has the process of writing changed? 40:33 – Knowing your audience. 48:22 – Advice to people working on their first book.

LINKS – (In order of appearance)Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream by Whitney JohnsonDisrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work by Whitney JohnsonBuild an A-Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve by Whitney JohnsonThe Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. ChristensenDisruptive Innovation FundTEDx – Whitney Johnson – Disrupt YourselfYou Were Born Rich by Bob Proctorhttps://whitneyjohnson.com/Focus @ WillTime Out For Women