Topic: Chip Conley

Weathering the Perfect Storm

Hotels in San Francisco have been hit harder by the economic downturn than in any other city. One progressive hotelier, Joie de Vivre's Chip Conley, plans to survive -- and thrive -- by focusing on investors, employees, and customers.READ»

Fast Talk: The Innovation Conversation

Start with a conversation. Bring together 10 forward-looking business leaders -- visionaries in technology, video games, retail, hospitality, finance, and design. Add pressure and limit time to 90 minutes. What do you get? Instant innovation!READ»

Extreme Off-Site

Find luxury in the great outdoors.READ»

Treating Your Employees Like Honored Guests = Outstanding Customer Service = Business Success

Chip Conley, founder of Joie de Vivre, and author of " Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow," shares why his employees love to come to work.READ»

Sister Cities

Fast Company visits Houston, San Francisco, and Boston in search of female leaders with smart advice for tough times. Here, a dozen powerful women (and a few men) share their thoughts on leadership, crisis, and mentoring.READ»

First Mover Resorts

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal published an interesting article about company-owned resorts and how organizations such as Kohler, Cuisinart, and Viking are using them as marketing tools -- and auxiliary spin-off ...READ»

Get Back in the Box

How constraints can free your team’s thinkingREAD»

• When There's a Clear Target, The Right Details Are Easier to Fin

When There’s a Clear Target, the Right Details are Easier to Find

A Hotel for Japan-Loving Hipsters What if you had to create a Japanese cultural experience in a Western hotel? That box led to Chip Conley's Hotel Tomo in San Francisco, with anime art covering the walls, beanbag chairs, and gaming ...READ»

Hotel Me No Secrets

Kate Pierson, singer for the buoyant band the B-52's, recently opened a boutique motel in the Catskill Mountains. Perhaps taking a page from Chip Conley and Joie de Vivre's high-design themed hotels, Pierson has packed Lazy Meadow ...READ»

A List of Our Own

Since my October 2006 hardcopy issue of Fast Company just arrived in yesterday's mail, I like to bid farewell to the September issue -- and its stellar list of Customer First award winners, honorable mentions, and local heroes -- ...READ»