Whitney Johnson on Disrupting Yourself: The S-Curve of Growth, Faith, and Sustainable Progress
Date: 2026-03-02
CJ Hammond and Jordan White welcome Whitney Johnson, CEO of Disruption Advisors and author of Smart Growth and Disrupt Yourself, to discuss balancing ambition with presence, using kindness and grace instead of hustling. Whitney shares how early career constraints and later stagnation on Wall Street led her to seek new “playbooks,” and how reading Clayton Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma gave language to what her soul knew, prompting her entrepreneurial pivot. They explore why self-disruption is difficult because it requires letting go of an old self, how to distinguish positive disruption from shiny object change, and the S-Curve model (launch point, sweet spot, mastery) as a way to understand what growth feels like. The conversation covers ecosystems and accountability, practical habits to support you, and how small improvements can compound through a contagion effect.
Be sure to tune in - Whitney shares ways to connect and offers to send listeners a signed copy of her Wall Street Journal Bestseller, Smart Growth!