Cultivating Habits & Contemplation for Enhanced Well-Being

BJ Fogg is a behavior scientist, bestselling author and adjunct professor at Stanford University. He is the founder and director of the Stanford Behavior Design Lab and author of the groundbreaking book “Tiny Habits.” He’s personally coached over 60,000 people in creating habits. The New York Times called him: “An energetic academic and an innovation guru who focuses on how to harness technology and human psychology to influence people’s behavior.”

Pico has written 16 books on subjects ranging from the Dalai Lama and globalism to the Cuban Revolution and Islamic mysticism. He has also written a film script for Miramax, liner notes for Leonard Cohen, and introductions to more than 80 books. To date, his four talks for TED have received more than 11 million views.

Chip is a three-time TED speaker and the New York Times bestselling author of Wisdom at Work: The Making of a Modern Elder and Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age. As founder of the second largest boutique hotel chain in America and “modern elder” to the young Airbnb founders, Chip is a globally-recognized thought leader on the future of work and the competitive advantages of a multi-generational workplace.

Inspired by his experience of intergenerational mentoring at Airbnb – where his guidance was instrumental to the company’s extraordinary success – Chip founded MEA in 2017 to help other people in midlife find their own meaningful way to keep learning and sharing the wisdom gained from their lived experiences to create fulfilling and exciting second adulthoods. Since then he has dedicated much of his life to reframing the concept of aging and helping people navigate midlife with renewed purpose and possibility.