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Courtney Johnston

Initiator · DISC type Di
Director, New Growth Enablement at Apply Digital
📍 Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Courtney is a growth and delivery lead at Apply Digital, with a career spanning top Canadian agencies like Accenture and Fjord. Specializing in digital initiatives, growth marketing, and service design, she has a degree in Business from Conestoga College. Colleagues describe her as positive, organized, vibrant, and an excellent communicator.

At her core, Courtney identifies as a connector, storyteller, and human enthusiast. She brings an undying optimism and a deep curiosity to her work and collaborations, thriving on good ideas and working with amazing people to solve business challenges through a human-centered design lens.

She recently conceptualized and won an internal hackathon with her vision for an AI-supported sales enablement tool, which is now being formally built.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Director, New Growth Enablement
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Personality Overview

How Courtney shows up

Impact-Oriented
Conviction Driven
Risk-Accepting

They don’t mind taking a stand if they believe in something. They usually prefer to drive the conversation. They respond well to objective pitches but also attach some value to relationships.

Priorities

Topics Courtney cares about

AI in Sales
She conceived an AI-supported sales enablement tool, which won a company hackathon and is now in development, showing her interest in applying AI to practical business growth.
Empathetic Leadership
She has publicly advocated for leading with empathy and listening to employee data and needs, particularly in the context of return-to-office mandates.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
Director, New Growth Enablement
Apply Digital
10-2023 - 10-2024
Senior Program Management Lead
Apply Digital
1-2022 - 5-2023
Director Community Engagement
Black & White Zebra
1-2016 - 1-2022
Program Management Lead - Fjord Design
Accenture
5-2013 - 12-2015
Senior Project Manager
Critical Mass
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Education
Business
Conestoga College School of Business
CAAP
Institute of Communications Agencies (ICA)
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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