Supercharging Your Success: Scaling Without Limits
Shawn Johnson has built a career transforming ideas into global successes. As the founder of SocioPunk & Seichō Syndicate, he helps businesses scale through disruptive creativity and sustainable growth strategies. From leading product and design for Warner Bros. Discovery and NBCUniversal to working with brands like Nike, Disney, and Microsoft, Shawn knows what it takes to turn passion into profit.
In this session, Shawn will share his battle-tested strategies for scaling your side hustle while thriving in your career. Learn how to leverage your expertise, build high-value brands, and automate growth—all without burnout. Shawn’s blueprint blends product innovation, design thinking, and business strategy to help you create sustainable success.
Whether you're looking to launch, scale, or exit, this talk will equip you with the mindset and tactics to turn your side gig into a global powerhouse. Don't settle - join this session and supercharge your success.
Emmy® Award winning Executive, Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur and Innovator – Shawn Johnson is the Founder and President of SocioPunk & Seichō Syndicate. Over the past 25 years, his products have been enjoyed by millions of people around the world - delivering experiences that create positive, memorable and lasting relationships through evolving consumer and technology ecosystems.
Combining an award-winning product, design and brand portfolio with strategy, technology and business acumen; Shawn is a proven, experienced and successful global leader who builds effective strategies and high performing cross-functional teams through Product, Design and Creative Leadership to create Most Lovable Product Experiences.
An entrepreneur and former executive leader for Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal, Microsoft, and several independent agencies, Shawn delivers high impact products and experiences that attract, engage and ignite customers across industries, platforms and technologies.
Blurring the lines between impossible and possible, Shawn thrives at the intersection of product design, technology, and the imagination of the human spirit. He attended Otis Parsons School of Art & Design, and became one of the youngest instructors at the prestigious west coast design school.
Let’s be real—being a little weird is the best thing you can do for your brand. In a world full of sameness, it’s the memorable quirks, the unexpected twists, and the “wait, who are you?” moments that make people pay attention.
I’ve taken an unconventional path to get here (think: almost failing design school, living in a van in Australia, running a wedding company in China—yeah, it’s a story), and along the way, I realized that the magic in branding isn’t about fitting in. It’s about helping people own what makes them different and turning that into a brand that feels like them.
We’ll talk about:
- Why your weirdness is your unfair advantage
- How to help clients find their real brand essence (aka their secret sauce)
- Creative confidence—showing up fully as yourself
- The unexpected paths that lead to success
If you’ve ever felt like you don’t quite fit the mold—good. That’s exactly why you’re going to thrive. Let’s talk about it.
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