
Whitney Johnson is one of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world (Thinkers50) and an expert on helping high growth organizations develop high growth individuals. As a former award-winning stock analyst on Wall Street and co-founder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen, Whitney Johnson understands how stocks and people gain and maintain momentum. She has codified her frameworks for developing high growth individuals––the S Curve of Learning and Personal Disruption frameworks in the critically-acclaimed book Disrupt Yourself, and the award-winning Build an “A” Team (Harvard Business Press, 2018), and is a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business Publishing’s Corporate Learning. In 2019, she was ranked #3 on the Global Gurus' Top 30 Organizational Culture Professionals. In 2017, she was selected from more than 16,000 candidates as a “Top 15 Coach” by Dr. Marshall Goldsmith. She is a LinkedIn Influencer with more than 1.6 million followers and was selected as a Top Voice of 2018. Whitney hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself Podcast at whitneyjohnson.com.
Coaching Experience
Coach C-Suite executives across a variety of industries and companies, from start-ups to P&Ls of $10bn+
Coach for Harvard Business School Executive Education
Top 100 Best Coaches Award – World HRD Congress (India)
Harvard Medical School Institute of Coaching – Member
Master Certified Coach – Marshall Goldsmith’s Stakeholder-Centered Coaching