“We believe in the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The mavericks. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. We know they’re not fond of rules. And have no respect for the status quo. The world quotes them, disagrees with them, glorifies and vilifies them. But the world does not ignore them. Because they change things. Yes, they push the human race forward. And even though some may see them as the crazy ones, we see and acknowledge their genius. Because the ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who are.”
[Adapted from Steve Jobs].
Commencing in 2013, we asked the grounded theory research question:
HOW, WHAT AND WHY DO MAVERICKS OPERATE THEY WAY THEY DO IN BUSINESS?
Artists to chocolatiers, venture capitalists to DJ’s, technologists to philanthropist Mavericks who laugh in the face of the status quo, HaHaHa!!!
Click on the Mavericks below to learn more about them + listen to their interview.
Mike Abel
M&CSaatchiAbel
Patch Adams
The Gesundheit Institute
Ferran Adria
elBulli Foundation
Dave Allan
What If Innovation?
Andres Amador
Andres Amador Arts
Anonymous 1
Anonymous 2
Alexander Asseily
Jawbone, and State
Nik Badminton
Design Culture Mind
Rattan Bagga
New World Natural Foods
Chris Barez Brown
Upping Your Elvis
Louis Barnett
Louis Barnett Chocolates Ltd
Dirk Beveridge
UnleashWD
Mark Brand
Mark Brand Inc
Mark Busse
Industrial Brand
David Chan
Peter Drucker Society
Tom Chudleigh
Free Spirit Spheres
Marty Cooper
Inventor of hand held cell phone & Dyna LLC
Steve Curtis
Zag Group
Bruce Davis
Abundance Generation
Trevor Davis
IBM
Charles Day
The Lookinglass
Daniel de Gruijter
Incitement
Mike Dickson
Rainmaker Foundation
Kirsten Dickerson
Raven and Lily
Rana El Kaliouby
Affectiva
Igor Faletski
Mobify
Rick Falkvinge
Pirate Party
Lee Feldman
THNK School of Creative Leadership
Chris Forrest
Deloitte - Doblin
Mark Fowlestone
Multiply
Gregg Fraley
KILN
Matt Friesen
Wantering
Cindy Gallop
Make Love Not Porn & If We Ran The World
Jamie Garratt
Idea Rebel
Juan Pablo Gaviria
360 Digital
Tarry Giannakos
Revolver Coffee
Ivo Gormley
GoodGym
Amal Graafstra
Dangerous Things
Stephen Greene
RockCorps
Pamela Grossman
Getty Images
Chris Guillebeau
The Art of Non-Conformity
Logan Hall
Movebubble
Paul Helman
Soul Fire XP
Luke Hemment
Dirty Cheeks
Soren Holm
LEGO
Pablos Holman
Intellectual Ventures Laboratory
Dave Huer
Hubble Project Group
Alex Ikonn
Intelligent Change, Luxy Hair, Five Minute Journal and Productivity Planner