Agitator-in-Residence: Ben Johnson
Ben is an entrepreneur, a long time creator of companies (to sale and fail!), writer, teacher, talker and guide.
He is expert in navigating change and helping people and organisations get unstuck, connect into new markets and opportunities and write new, better stories. He lives and works at the intersection of creative entrepreneurial endeavour and Buddhist / eastern thinking, a long term student, as he is, in the Insight Meditation tradition of Buddhism.
His portfolio of experience spans service and product, digital and analogue (and much meditation in between...!); including design innovation firm, FreeState, co-founded and led to sale in 2018; investor and advisor to eco tourism business, Journeys by Design; part owner of and advisor to the leadership team of online platform, Sangha.Live, home to 10,000 learning to sit down, be quiet and meditate. Plus others.
He hosts a successful podcast, Peripheral Thinking, inspiring you with thinking and ideas from the margin, the periphery.
His teaching and talking has helped 100's of leaders and visionaries navigate change, unstuck their businesses, and create more Business As Unusual impact.
The work Starts With You.
And is inspired by Be More Buddha.
And ultimately we believe The Warrior Spirit is necessary to survive and thrive.
“‘Ben is part Buddha, part therapist and a little bit Jack Russell - he guided me to a place I never knew could exist, where marketing isn’t a dirty thing and can, in fact, be an enjoyable part of the creative process. ‘”
