Summary: Whitney Johnson is an expert on disruptive innovation and personal disruption, recognized as one of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world. She is a writer, speaker, consultant and coach on innovation initiatives for leaders. Her book, “Build an ‘A’ Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve” is the leadership handbook to accompany her previous book, “Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work”. Whitney served a mission in Uruguay and currently serves as a Laurel adviser. She and her husband live in Massachusetts and have two children.<br> Highlights<br> 06:20 Background of the book, “Build an ‘A’ Team”<br> 07:30 It’s people who disrupt, not organizations, and when people are learning something new they are innovative and drive disruption innovation within their organization<br> 08:20 Protesters who demand change vs. people who drive change<br> 11:00 Being a leader means having humility and allowing others to have their own revelation<br> 12:50 Applying the S curve to learning in church callings<br> 18:00 The importance of engagement<br> 22:50 Personal engagement fatigue and church callings<br> 24:30 Comparing where we are today to our past<br> 26:00 Is the life of someone we serve better because of what we have done?<br> 28:15 Repetition and change<br> 29:00 Changing the job description to what is needed now<br> 31:30 Choosing leaders by who they are on the inside, choosing people for potential and what really needs to be done<br> 35:30 The learning curves of people in a calling<br> Links<br> Previous Leading Saints interview with Whitney: <a href="https://leadingsaints.org/disrupting-your-calling-an-interview-with-whitney-johnson/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disrupting Your Calling</a><br> <a href="https://whitneyjohnson.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WhitneyJohnson.com</a><br> Whitney's books:<br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2SU5LiT" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Build an “A” Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve</a><br> <a href="http://amzn.to/2Bod8tl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work</a><br> <a href="http://amzn.to/2Bncigf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen when you Dare to Dream</a>
