What makes people happy, content and fulfilled? How can answering that question be the basis for launching a successful company? In this premiere episode, co-hosts Freeman Michaels and Barnet Bain will be joined by Chip Conley to talk about a better business model based on intrinsic values related to service and vocation—a new pyramid of priorities where employee fulfillment and satisfaction are of utmost concern to the company. As founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, a boutique hotel and restaurant company expected to gross more than $300 million in revenue this year, Chip has employed a revolutionary management model that turns traditional business practices upside-down. Chip will discuss how “bottom line” thinking coupled with “command and control” management practices perpetuate a vicious cycle of dissatisfaction at every level of an organization. Hosts Freeman and Barnet will chime in with thoughts about top-down hierarchy and unhealthy competition, and what affects they have, not only in the workplace, but also in other areas of our lives.