Brett Johnson was a Partner at KPMG Peat Marwick and at Computer Sciences Corporation. He spent fourteen years at Price Waterhouse, consulted for charities and universities, local NGOs and international charities; he and his wife, Lyn founded a non-profit organization in California called Equip. At The Institute he developed intellectual property and Web-based tools to rapidly analyze corporations and discover innovative ways in which to radically increase their impact. Brett’s clients include Apple Computer, Amgen, Cisco Systems, Chicago Tribune, Cost Plus World Markets, Duty Free Shoppers, GATX Shipping, Incyte Genomics, Pacific Gas & Electric, Prison Fellowship Ministries, Safeway, Shell Oil, Sony PlayStation, Stanford University, University of the Nations, Wells Fargo Bank, and Youth with a Mission. Johnson wrote Convergence and LEMON Leadership, and he co-authored both I-Operations: the Impact of the Internet on Operating Models and it's sequel, I-Operation: How the Internet can transform your Operating Model with Gary Daichendt, the former EVP of Worldwide Operations at Cisco Systems.

Brett is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of Cape Town.