creative maverick

Pat Kane is one half of Scottish pop duo Hue and Cry. Famous for hits in the late 80s and early 90s like Labour of Love, the brothers are still making music today and released Open Soul earlier this year.
Aside from music, Pat is also a writer, consultant, play theorist, and activist. He is author of The [...]

Back in 2005, Alex Tew was a 21 year old student from Cricklade in Wiltshire and was about to begin a three-year Business Management course at the University of Nottingham. Alex was concerned that he would be left with a student loan that would take years to repay so he brainstormed ways to make some [...]

Melissa Pierce is what I would call a Player. She is making a film called Life in Perpetual Beta about making life up as you go along - and she’s making it up as she goes along. She has no real experience of film making and I don’t think she knows exactly where the film [...]

Derek Sivers is a remarkable guy. He’s best known as the founder of CD Baby which he sold for $22 million last year but he’s also been a professional musician and at one point a circus clown.
He is very much a Scanner who has found a way to manage his addiction to learning, creativity and variety to launch [...]

It’s funny that my first reaction this morning after last night’s talk by San Sharma at Scanners Night on Social Media is to quit 2 social networking sites.
What I’ve realised is that if I want to play all day and get paid, it’s essential I surround myself with people of similar values - people who [...]

I’m beginning to realise that twitter might be something very important. Sure there are lots of other Social Networking sites but there’s something special about twitter. No other service gives me the same experience of being connected moment by moment to friends, clients, gurus, celebrities and breaking news stories.
Here are some of the people I [...]

My aim is to play all day and get paid. That means to do whatever creative, fun stuff I love doing, to have oodles of variety and freedom, and to make good money doing it.
I’ve found that the more I play (the more I focus on what I love and dare to experiment and explore) the more [...]

…or what Columbo can teach you about discovering what you really want from life
I love the detective show Columbo. It’s the ultimate wind-down TV; while modern cop shows are neurologically over-stimulating with handheld cameras and 3 cuts a second, Columbo is slow-paced and charming.
The series has been running for over 30 years but my favourites are [...]

Not only will you have a hell of a lot more fun but you’re likely to make more money than you ever did before.
A player is someone who puts creativity, fun and fulfillment first. We go where we feel drawn rather than purely pursuing money. We are engaged in a lifelong process of learning and [...]

Quit being a worker and become a player.
A player is someone who:

Puts creativity, fun and fulfillment first
Goes where they feel drawn, rather than purely pursuing money
Plays with the environment around them and in relationship with others
Is in a life-long state of learning and organismic personal growth
Knows what interrupts their creativity and plays around it
Recognises what [...]