Entrepreneurial at heart, Aaron Johnson has been both deeply involved with start-ups and mesmerized by Story and the hero’s journey since he was a child. When he began paving his own non-traditional education and career paths and rediscovered some of his own potential through Improv, Debate, and Mock Trial competitions, he quickly realized that every system and solution needs to be unique because every person’s vision, mission, and path is different.

As Co-founder and Business Systems & Fulfillment Wizard at Saved By Story—a writing and publishing house focused on writing truer individual and collective stories—he wields his magic like one of his heroes. Think Harry Potter, but replace the wand with a project plan, the invisible cloak with a keyboard, and the unnatural talent for magic with one for business growth and systems that makes heads spin when people find out how old he is. (He was only nineteen when he rallied all of his favorite people and co-founded this business.) He truly is, “The boy who makes everyone’s lives so much easier and more fun!” as he helps new authors discover their optimal publishing pathway, co-create and manage their project plan, and figure out all the business and techy stuff at every stage of building their dreams.

As Conference Director of the Partners in Treatment Conference on Mental Health, Aaron is expanding its impact using intuitive systems and soulful technology. At the heart of this vast community and its communication, Aaron leverages everything he has learned about connection and leadership from mentors, personal adventures, and stories into his approach to systems, teams, building businesses, and creating life-and-work-enhancing experiences.

When he’s not masterminding or managing, Aaron spends his time meditating on and writing about big ideas, important lessons, and the power of Story. In 2022, his healing-through-writing experience was published in You Can’t Make This St*ry Up: What If It’s All Happening For Us?, a collaboration with twenty other messengers about the transformation and divine synchronicities experienced in the creative process. Raised by Story: Cultivate Character and Preserve Freedom in Children and Culture is a collaboration with his mom, who co-journeyed through universal themes and millions of miles in characters’ shoes to help him become the intentional co-author of his own story.

Aaron’s passion lies with creating opportunities that value and cultivate the innate superpowers of the individual and put individuals in charge of their personal and professional journeys. Participating in meaningful conversation and sparking solutions to complex problems are what keep him up at night and his flame of motivation burning.