Leadership Thinker and Author
Whitney Johnson is an American author, executive coach and CEO of Disruption Advisors, named by Thinkers50 as one of the ten leading business thinkers in the world. She co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen and authored the bestselling Disrupt Yourself and Build an A-Team.
by Whitney Johnson
Johnson argues the best career moves come from disrupting yourself, leaping to a new learning curve before the current one plateaus. Personal disruption requires embracing beginner discomfort.
The books Whitney Johnson references, cites, and recommends most frequently.
by Clayton Christensen
Christensen explains why successful companies fail: they rationally ignore disruptive innovations that initially serve small, unprofitable markets, until those markets overtake them entirely.
by Carol Dweck
Dweck argues that believing talent is fixed leads to stagnation, while a growth mindset, the belief that abilities develop through effort, unlocks potential. How you frame challenge determines whether you learn or quit.
Who Whitney draws from, and who draws from Whitney — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.