Daring Diaries: On Becoming Someone New
Lumen, Monday, October 12th, 2026
Lumen CEO Kate Johnson reflects on growth as adaptation, drawing on her moves from consultant and CIO to CEO.
In her Daring Diaries series, Lumen CEO Kate Johnson argues that growth is not mainly about learning technology, markets or jobs but about adaptation.
In her view, it means becoming someone who can keep changing without losing herself.
She reflects on her career as a consultant, CIO, sales executive and CEO, admitting she sometimes relied too long on instincts from previous roles and oriented teams around knowing rather than learning.