23. Driving Disruptive Innovation, with Whitney Johnson

Author, investor, and innovation expert Whitney Johnson joins us to discuss how listeners can drive disruptive innovation both professionally and personally. On this episode, we discuss the meaning of disruptive innovation, the importance of taking market risk versus competitive risk, why it’s important to fight entitlement within corporations, and much more. Whitney Johnson is the author of Dare, Dream, Do; Remarkable Things happen When You Dare & Dream. She co-launched Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm that had $75 million under management when she left in 2012, with innovation guru Clayton Christensen. Whitney was named one of Inc. Magazine’s “12 People to Follow on Twitter in 2012,” Business Insider’s “54 Smart Thinkers to Follow” and Huffington Post’s “100 Business, Leadership and Technology People to Follow on Twitter.” You can find her online at whitneyjohnson.com, and on Twitter at @johnsonwhitney.