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 Conley is a hospitality entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author, and the founder and CEO of MEA. His two most recent books, Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder and Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better With Age, are the foundation for MEA’s curriculum.