Comments on: The Cranky Middle Manager Show #117 Managing With Maslow- Chip Conley http://cmm.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-cranky-middle-manager-show-117-managing-with-maslow-chip-conley/ Don\'t let the weasels get ya down... Tips for being a better manager and dealing with the insanity of the workplace Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Buckingham http://cmm.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-cranky-middle-manager-show-117-managing-with-maslow-chip-conley/comment-page-1/#comment-48210 Ian Buckingham Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:43:26 +0000 http://cmm.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-cranky-middle-manager-show-117-managing-with-maslow-chip-conley/#comment-48210 I'm a massive Maslow fan - his theory makes a lot of sense. The artist, as the noted exception to the rule, is making the point that one of the things differentiating us from our mammalian cousins, is the need to feed the soul combined with the ability to make decisions which override those baser needs. Isn't that why we find unrequited love, artists suffering for their destiny etc so romantic, engaging and "heroic".? This is going to come across as a crass plug but my own work of the heart (it certainly isn't going to feed my family on its own), Brand Engagement - Why Employees Make or Break Brands, has this theme at its core. The days of spin, alignment, forced compliance are finally on the wane and as more and more people rediscover some form of "calling" rather than someone else's ideology, who knows, it may even make a difference in some small way. I look forward to more Cranky Middle Manager postings - let's face it, line managers and supervisors are the true heroes in todays faceless, automated, process dominated coprorates! http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281268 Ian I’m a massive Maslow fan – his theory makes a lot of sense. The artist, as the noted exception to the rule, is making the point that one of the things differentiating us from our mammalian cousins, is the need to feed the soul combined with the ability to make decisions which override those baser needs. Isn’t that why we find unrequited love, artists suffering for their destiny etc so romantic, engaging and “heroic”.? This is going to come across as a crass plug but my own work of the heart (it certainly isn’t going to feed my family on its own), Brand Engagement – Why Employees Make or Break Brands, has this theme at its core. The days of spin, alignment, forced compliance are finally on the wane and as more and more people rediscover some form of “calling” rather than someone else’s ideology, who knows, it may even make a difference in some small way.
I look forward to more Cranky Middle Manager postings – let’s face it, line managers and supervisors are the true heroes in todays faceless, automated, process dominated coprorates!
http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281268
Ian

]]> By: Doug Kyle http://cmm.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-cranky-middle-manager-show-117-managing-with-maslow-chip-conley/comment-page-1/#comment-47416 Doug Kyle Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:38:32 +0000 http://cmm.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-cranky-middle-manager-show-117-managing-with-maslow-chip-conley/#comment-47416 I like the idea of this as it relates to business and makes sense as a strong rule of thumb, but Maslow does have his critics though... perhaps they don't pertain to the business world though. One example where Maslow doesn't is of the starving artist who works with vigor and joy but can't put food on the table. It would seem to me that these folks are not focusing on the money and perhaps not even on the recognition, but wholly on the calling. An example that strongly points it out is Trachtenberg, who developed a new method of mathematics while in a German concentration camp. A brief on Maslow, his theory, a criticism and response to the criticism is here: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/maslow.html great show! I like the idea of this as it relates to business and makes sense as a strong rule of thumb, but Maslow does have his critics though… perhaps they don’t pertain to the business world though.

One example where Maslow doesn’t is of the starving artist who works with vigor and joy but can’t put food on the table. It would seem to me that these folks are not focusing on the money and perhaps not even on the recognition, but wholly on the calling. An example that strongly points it out is Trachtenberg, who developed a new method of mathematics while in a German concentration camp.

A brief on Maslow, his theory, a criticism and response to the criticism is here: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/maslow.html

great show!

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