Mark W. Johnson

Biography

Mark Johnson is a Co-founder and Senior Partner of Innosight, a strategic innovation consulting and investing company with offices in Massachusetts, Singapore, and India, which he co-founded with Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen. He has consulted to the Global 1000 and start-up companies in a wide range of industries -- including health care, aerospace/defense, enterprise IT, energy, automotive, and consumer packaged goods -- and has advised Singapore`s government on innovation and entrepreneurship.

Mark`s most recent work has focused on helping companies envision and create new growth, manage transformation, and achieve renewal through business model innovation. This work is the subject of the McKinsey award-winning Harvard Business Review article, "Reinventing Your Business Model," as well as his new book entitled Seizing the White Space: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Renewal, published in 2010 by Harvard Business Press. He is the author of the Harvard Business Review article "New Business Models in Emerging Markets" with Matt Eyring and Hari Nair. Mark has published articles in the Sloan Management Review, Business Week, Advertising Age, and National Defense.

Prior to co-founding Innosight, Mark was a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he advised clients on managing innovation and implementing comprehensive change programs. Before that, he served as a nuclear power-trained surface warfare officer in the U. S. Navy.

Mark received an MBA from Harvard Business School, a master`s degree in civil engineering and engineering mechanics from Columbia University, and a bachelor`s degree with distinction in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy. He currently serves on the board of SemiLEDS, an LED manufacturing company, and the U.S. Naval Institute.

Mark, his wife, Jane Clayson Johnson, and their children live in Belmont, Massachusetts.

Titles

Principles of disruptive innovation: how to create opportunities for new growth by targeting non-consumption

Business model innovation: how to generate growth through the "how" not the "what"

Trends and innovations in a variety of industries and markets (e.g., healthcare, financial services, media, electronics, consumer goods)

Organizational capabilities required to develop and sustain a culture of innovation

Measuring innovation: metrics that work and ones that don`t work