In this episode of Unlock Your Leadership, Dr Gary Crotaz speaks with Whitney Johnson — CEO of Disruption Advisors, Thinkers50 honoree, and best-selling author of Smart Growth and Disrupt Yourself. Whitney shares her powerful model for understanding personal and professional growth — the S-Curve, a framework for navigating the stages of learning, mastery, and reinvention. Together, Gary and Whitney explore how leaders can use disruption not as a threat, but as an engine for transformation — and how embracing change can unlock both performance and purpose. It’s a dynamic conversation about growth in all its forms — how to lean into discomfort, accelerate learning, and stay future-ready in a world that never stops changing. Originally recorded for The Unlock Moment podcast.
In this episode of Unlock Your Leadership, Dr Gary Crotaz speaks with Whitney Johnson — CEO of Disruption Advisors, Thinkers50 honoree, and best-selling author of Smart Growth and Disrupt Yourself.
Whitney shares her powerful model for understanding personal and professional growth — the S-Curve, a framework for navigating the stages of learning, mastery, and reinvention. Together, Gary and Whitney explore how leaders can use disruption not as a threat, but as an engine for transformation — and how embracing change can unlock both performance and purpose.
It’s a dynamic conversation about growth in all its forms — how to lean into discomfort, accelerate learning, and stay future-ready in a world that never stops changing.
Originally recorded for The Unlock Moment podcast.