I had the pleasure of interviewing Whitney Johnson, author of the book, Build an A Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve (Harvard Business Review Press, 2018). Whitney has done ground-breaking work in the arena of personal disruption—applying these concepts to individuals, not just organizations.

I read Build an A Team with interest because it’s a natural progression of the work Whitney has been doing with personal disruption and career disruption. In her last two books, she showed how disruption applies to individuals and in their careers. Her new book shows how managers can use these ideas to develop their team.

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