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Chip Conley

Disciplines:
entrepreneurship
author
management/hospitality management
management/psychology-based management

Summary

American hotelier, author, and founder of Joie de Vivre Hotels, who joined Airbnb as Head of Global Hospitality to bring hospitality expertise to a technology company, later founding the Modern Elder Academy.

Core Contribution

Applied Maslow's hierarchy of needs to hospitality management — arguing guests have emotional and self-actualization needs beyond cleanliness and comfort — and brought this philosophy to Airbnb's host and guest relationship design.

Notable Works & Achievements

Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow

Emotional Equations

Wisdom@Work

Historical Influences

Abraham Maslow Brian Chesky

Intellectual Lineage

Boutique Hotel MovementPositive Psychology Applied to BusinessMaslow's Hierarchy in Organizational Design

Contemporaries & Peers

Brian Chesky Tony Hsieh

Minds Influenced

No recorded minds influenced.

Intellectual Posterity

Modern Elder Academy Emotional needs framework in hospitality

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