Dr. Spencer Johnson is one of the world's most influential
thinkers and beloved authors. His many international bestselling books include three #1 bestsellers: Who
Moved My Cheese?An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change, the most widely
read book on change; The One Minute Manager, the world's most popular
management method for over two decades, co-authored with Ken Blanchard; and his
newest, The Present. Over 40 million copies of Dr. Johnson's books are in
print in 42 languages.
Referred to as "The King of Parables" by USA Today, he is described as the best
there is at taking complex subjects and presenting simple solutions that work.
The universal principles and practical tools found in his books have also made
them record-breaking bestsellers in many other countries.
Dr. Johnson earned a B.A. degree in Psychology from the University of Southern
California, an M.D. degree from the Royal College of Surgeons, and medical
clerkships at The Mayo Clinic and Harvard Medical School.
He has served as Medical Director of Communications for Medtronic, the original
innovators of cardiac pacemakers; Research Physician at the Institute for
Inter-Disciplinary Studies, a medical-social think tank; Consultant to the
Center for the Study of the Person, and to the School of Medicine, University of
California; Leadership Fellow at the Harvard Business School and is an Advisor
to Harvard's Center for Public Leadership.
Dr. Johnson is Chairman of Spencer Johnson Partners, a firm that puts his books
to work, partnering with organizations to help them prosper from change.
This biography was last updated on 07/07/2011.
A note about the biographies
We try to keep BookBrowse's biographies both up to date and accurate. However, with over 2000 lives to keep track of it's inevitable that
some won't be as current or as complete as we would like. So, please help us - if the information about a particular author is out of date,
inaccurate or simply very short, and you know of a more complete source, please let us know. Authors and those connected with authors:
If you wish to make changes to your bio, please send your complete biography as you would like it displayed so that we replace the old with the new, including your website URL if relevant.
A bold, mesmerizing novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the burgeoning metropolis of early twentieth century New York.
Stranger than fiction, blending tragedy and farce, How to Create the Perfect Wife is an engrossing tale of the radicalism, and deep contradictions, at the heart of the Enlightenment.
Z, the novel about the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald is at points charming and; like another reviewer, I kept thinking of the movie, "Midnight...
read more
Although heavy on the scientific details, which slowed down the story for me (OK, I admit, I was one of those liberal arts majors who skipped out on...
read more
Loved this book. Magical, quirky, enchanting I could go on. All books do not have to be literary fiction, sometimes it is just so comforting to read...
read more
British Parliament asks Amazon to clarify why it pays $9 million in income tax on $23 billion of UK sales.(May 20 2013) Amazon will be called back to give further evidence to members of the British Parliament "to clarify how its activities in the U.K. justify its low corporate...
Full Story
