Whitney Johnson, host of Disrupt Yourself

Podcast Brunch Club

In this interview, Adela chats with Whitney Johnson, the host of the Disrupt Yourself podcast. The theme for the October PBC playlist was “Disruption” and we listened to an episode of Disrupt Yourself with Whitney Johnson titled “#100: Take the Right Kinds of Risks.”

Whitney is an absolute powerhouse. She is ranked on the Thinkers50 list, which is a global ranking of the 50 leading management thinkers and she’s an expert on disruptive innovation and personal disruption, a framework she developed after co-founding the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School’s Clayton Christensen. She’s written a number of critically-acclaimed books on the power of disruption in both the business and the personal realms.

Here’s a quick hit list of the things they talked about:

• Podcast Brunch Club listening list on Disruption
• Adela’s interview on the Disrupt Yourself podcast
• Loss aversion theory: “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman
• Whitney’s interview with:
  • Brené Brown: Called to Courage
  • Adam Grant: Give and Take
  • James Clear: Just One Percent Better
• 7 accelerants of personal disruption (see episode #80: “Disrupt Your Self Today”):
  1. Take the right kinds of risks/play where no one else is playing (see episode #100)
  2. Play to your distinctive strengths (see episode #120)
  3. Embrace your constraints
  4. Battle our sense of entitlement
  5. Step back to grow
  6. Give failure its due
  7. Be driven by discovery
• Whitney has written three critically-acclaimed books:
  • “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”
• Whitney’s book recommendations:
  • “Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell” by Eric Schmidt
  • “Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box” by the Arbinger Institute
  • “Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.” by Brené Brown
  • “DataStory: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story” by Nancy Duarte
  • “24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week” by Tiffany Shlain
• Find Whitney Johnson on her website, com. Email Whitney at [e-mail].

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Audio editing and production by Stevie Zampanti of Conceptual Podcasting. Music included in this episode was “Rainbow” by Chad Crouch and “Paradise” by Misael Gauna.

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