Chip Conley: A Modern Elder at Work

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Chip Conley is an entrepreneur and the New York Times bestselling author of Peak and Wisdom at Work. He will present during Sounds True's upcoming Inner MBA program, a nine-month training program for bringing your full, authentic self to your workplace and career. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Chip about socially responsible entrepreneurship and the movement toward making workplaces into spiritually fulfilling spaces. They talk about the modern business obsession with short-term profit and why this attitude does damage to both our culture and environment. Chip and Tami also consider what it is to pursue meaning rather than profit, as well as how to create "collective effervescence" within a work culture. Finally, Chip explains his lifelong habit of journaling each week's accomplishments and tells the story of the biggest risk he's ever taken. (73 minutes)

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True.
0:04.0	My name is Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True.
0:08.0	And I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation.
0:12.0	The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available. We want everyone to have access to
0:26.8	transformational tools such as mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.
0:39.3	The Sounds True Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to providing these transformational tools to communities
0:46.9	in need, including at-risk youth, prisoners, veterans, and those in developing countries.
0:54.0	If you'd like to learn more or feel inspired to become a supporter,
0:58.0	please visit sounds true foundation.org. You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
1:07.0	Today my guest is Chip Conley.
1:12.8	Chip is a hospitality entrepreneur
1:16.0	at New York Times best-selling author.
1:18.0	He's the founder of Joa de Veeve Hospitality
1:21.0	and served as AirB& Airbnb's head of global hospitality and strategy
1:26.1	for four years. Today he acts as the company's strategic advisor for hospitality and leadership.
1:34.0	His five books have made him a leading authority
1:37.5	at the intersection of psychology and business.
1:41.0	Chip was awarded most innovative CEO by the San Francisco Business Times and is the recipient of Hospitality's highest honor, the Pioneer Award, and holds a BA and MBA from Stanford University.
1:57.0	Chip Conley is also a presenter in Sounds True's Inner MBA, which is a new nine-month immersion training program that begins in
2:07.9	September that sounds True is creating in partnership with LinkedIn, Wisdom 2.0 and NYU.
2:15.8	Graduates of the Inner MBA receive a certificate of completion from
2:20.1	NYU.
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