Whitney Johnson

Non-Fiction Author

Birthday August 22

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace United States

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About

Author, speaker and executive coach known for books such as Smart Growth, Disrupt Yourself and How to Build an A Team. She served as CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company. She was named a 2021 Top #10 Business Thinker by Thinkers50. She has contributed articles to the Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review.

Before Fame

She studied music at Brigham Young University. She worked as a Wall Street equity analyst.

Trivia

She hosted a podcast called Disrupt Yourself Podcast. She lectured for Harvard Business Publishing's Corporate Learning division. She grows strawberries, blackberries and raspberries and enjoys making jam.

Family Life

She married Roger Johnson. They have two children.

Associated With

She has interviewed Brene BrownSusan Cain and General Stanley McChrystal.