His research focuses on understanding large-scale change and stasis, including the durable dominance of companies, people, and ideas. Johan earned a B.S. in physics from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), a Ph.D. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and a Ph.D. in management & organizations from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. In between Ph.D.s, he spent thirteen years in consulting, start-ups, and executive search. His final industry position was at the world’s largest private executive search firm, where he was the Asia-Pacific Consumer Practice leader.