about john

“My work goal is simple: to play all day and get paid”.

For me, this means doing the creative stuff that is most fun for me in a way that has a positive impact on others and in the process makes a great financial return.

My Career

I am a former Senior Managing Consultant at Deloittes, an ex Internet Consultant and was a software developer in special effects and broadcast systems before that. I've been director of my own company now for 9 years and I have consulted to corporations like the BBC and Accenture at a 4-figure daily rate.

I now focus my time on helping creative people figure out what they'd like to do with their life, how to make good money out of it and how to have some fun at the same time.

I am an accredited coach with an Advanced Diploma with Distinction from the Coaching Academy. I also have 7 years' additional professional development in person-centred counselling and humanistic psychotherapy.

My great passion is creativity

My creative projects have included writing for the Guardian and the Reader's Digest, writing music for a BBC Radio 3 arts programme, helping a children's medical charity, and performing standup comedy.

I write for online sites Careershifters.org and EnterpriseNation.com and was recently featured in the book "Spare Room Start Up". My proposal for a documentary on optimism was shortlisted by BBC Radio 4 twice... and rejected twice. I'm still working on that one!

My other projects

I run the monthly London event Scanners Night for people who have loads of interests and don't want to focus on just one job or business. Find out if you're a Scanner here.

I am one of the team of three that runs Creative Entrepreneurs Club.com. If want to create a business you'll enjoy working in, will provide something of real value to your customers/clients, and will make a great return while still allowing you to have a life, become a member now.

I also write the blog Creative Maverick about my creative experiments in making work fun and working less hours.

I am often to be found co-running Careershifter's monthly London workshops - a good place to go if you're considering a radical shift in your career and also a chance to see me in action.

You can follow me on twitter here and you can see my most recent "tweets" on the right of this page.

 

If you want to try me out, book a quick Problem Buster session.