One of the ten leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50 – an expert at helping leaders grow their people to grow their organization.

Whitney is an award-winning author, world-class keynote speaker, frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School's Corporate Learning, and an executive coach and advisors to CEOs.  Host of "Disrupt Yourself" podcast at whitneyjohnson.com

Co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School’s late Clayton Christensen and a LinkedIn Top Voice (2020) with 1.8 million followers.

Author of 4 books:
Smart Growth
How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company.

Disrupt Yourself:™
Master Relentless Change and Speed Up Your Learning Curve

Build an A-Team:
Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve

Dare, Dream, Do:
Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream

Ross and Whitney discuss expediency, Wall Street, investment banking, excitement, motivation, achievement, reframing fears, helping others grow, smart growth, people, personal disruption and leaving work. The pair also discuss loss of identity, Ben Hardy, measuring growth, connections to work, advancing ourselves, slowing down, resting, unplugging from technology, creative expression, theory, spirituality and being unapologetic.

Timecodes:

01:15 Whitney's background in music02:49 Whitney's career path after music05:06 Drivers for studying07:09 Growth and a thirst for learning11:23 Disruptive Innovation 13:22 Disrupting individuals16:26 Letting things go and identity shifts21:34 Road to growth25:18 Exploring and transforming individuals28:49 Overwhelm and comfort33:17 Rest and relaxation34:24 HRV - Heart Rate Variable39:36 Book writing and development43:47 Whitney's Most impactful time at Clayton46:41 The last time Whitney did something for the first time

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