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Whitney Johnson

Disciplines:
business
writing
career
innovation/disruption

Summary

American business author and executive coach — author of Disrupt Yourself — who applies Christensen's disruption theory to personal career development.

Core Contribution

Creates the personal disruption framework — Disrupt Yourself applies Christensen's disruptive innovation S-curve model to individual career development, arguing that intentional career disruption (taking on lower-skill challenges to launch new learning curves) is the optimal career strategy.

Notable Works & Achievements

Disrupt Yourself

Build an A-Team

Smart Growth

Historical Influences

Clayton Christensen S-curve model

Intellectual Lineage

Investment banking Co-founded Clayton Christensen's Rose Park AdvisorsDisrupt Yourself

Contemporaries & Peers

Clayton Christensen Dorie Clark

Minds Influenced

Career development thinking

Intellectual Posterity

Disrupt Yourself Personal disruption framework

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