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Bookstore Revelation Changed A Business
- Chip Conley discovered Maslow's book in a bookstore during a business crisis and read it cover-to-cover on the spot.
- That moment triggered a company transformation that saved his hotels and reshaped his leadership approach.
Hierarchy Explains Peak Experiences
- Maslow's hierarchy frames human motivation as layered needs moving from survival to self-actualization.
- Peak experiences emerge only after lower physiological, safety, social and esteem needs are met.
Use Three Levels: Survive, Succeed, Transform
- Group Maslow's five layers into three practical levels for organizations: survive, succeed, transform.
- Design policies and rewards to sequentially secure survival, build loyalty, then enable transformation.