A MODICUM OF MENG’S MENTIONS IN THE MEDIA
THE NEW YORK TIMES
September 1st, 2007
Hey, Who's He? With Gwyneth? The Google Guy
I was on the cover of the print edition and also on the nytimes.com homepage!
THE NEW YORK TIMES
April 28, 2012
OK, Google, Take a Deep Breath
Front page story on the Sunday Business section.
Wired: Think You’re Enlightened? Try Eating With Your In-Laws
"In the video up top, Meng explores how self-love, loving-kindness, and awareness of mortality can combat the 'my family is crazy'-ies."
WNYC: Mindfulness on Demand
It's hard to be mindful these days. Silicon Valley spiritual advisor @chademeng is trying to change that. Listen. http://www.wnyc.org/story/meditation-silicon-valley-chade-meng-tan/
Joy On Demand Longlisted for the 800-CEO-READ Awards!
Yay! Joy On Demand has made the longlist for the 2016 800-CEO-Read Awards, in the Personal Development and Human Behavior category! About 800-CEO-READ 800-CEO-READ has been in the business of business books since 1984. They are experts at celebrating the history of...
CBC.ca: Joy on demand: the three second fix
Chade-Meng Tan gives practical advice on how you can easily and quickly access joy
On Korean TV News
Wow, I had no idea I had so many appearances on Korean TV news. A friend recently sent me these video links. http://www.btnnews.tv/news/articleView.html?idxno=29915 (Chade-Meng Tan meets with Korean Buddhists) http://www.btnnews.tv/news/articleView.html?idxno=29970...
The Globe and Mail: The story of Google employee #107, a Jolly Good Fellow
This column is part of Globe Careers’ Leadership Lab series, where executives and experts share their views and advice about leadership and management.
Harvard Business Review: Scaling Compassion: The Story of Google Employee #107
When Google famously allowed its engineers to spend 20 per cent of their time pursuing a passion, Chade-Meng Tan decided to spend his time on a cause dear to his heart: creating the conditions for world peace within his lifetime. After much research and consultation...
CNN: Google’s algorithm for happiness
The Mirror: This Google employee could have the world’s best job title
The Star: Inspiring millions to do good
The Straits Times: Say Ommm to a happy workplace
AsiaOne Business: The wisdom of creating a ‘jolly good’ workplace
Fast Company: Inside Google’s Insanely Popular Emotional-Intelligence Course
The Straits Times: Singapore’s Jolly Good Fellow in Google part of team nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
CBS 60 Minutes: Anderson Cooper on Mindfulness
In this special report for CBS's 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper reports on what it's like to try to achieve "mindfulness," a self-awareness scientists say is very healthy, but rarely achieved in today's world of digital distractions. Read the Transcript Here Watch it...
Business Insider: Here’s What Google Teaches Employees In Its ‘Search Inside Yourself’ Course
The Guardian: Google’s head of mindfulness: ‘goodness is good for business’
Chade-Meng Tan, the search engine giant's Jolly Good Fellow, on meditation, acceptance and the power of positive business
Inc.: The Kings of Concentration
The "Focus Movement" is being embraced by entrepreneurs big and small. The payoff? A more productive workplace.
Huffington Post: Google’s ‘Jolly Good Fellow’ On The Power Of Emotional Intelligence
When Google engineer-turned-mindfulness expert Chade-Meng Tan gives a talk in front of a group of Silicon Valley developers and executives, he often starts with a simple exercise.
CNBC: Ommmm! How Silicon Valley values meditation
Google is going Zen. Silicon Valley is well known for its lucrative employee perks, but now companies are offering meditation and mindfulness courses to employees and there's a long waiting list to attend. Google's "Search Inside Yourself" course has been taken by...
Fast Company: 3 Reasons Everyone At Google Is Meditating
The search giant is getting onto the meditation cushion. And this #unplug isn't about enlightenment.
Wired: In Silicon Valley, Meditation Is No Fad. It Could Make Your Career
CHADE-MENG TAN IS PERCHED ON A CHAIR, his lanky body folded into a half-lotus position. “Close your eyes,” he says. His voice is a hypnotic baritone, slow and rhythmic, seductive and gentle. “Allow your attention to rest on your breath: The in-breath, the out-breath,...
Dan Pink: Search Inside Yourself with Chade-Meng Tan
Chade-Meng Tan is an amazing guy. He started out as an engineer at Google, but his current title is Jolly Good Fellow with a job description that reads, “Enlighten minds, open hearts, create world peace.” As part of that mission, he developed a personal growth...
Psychology Today: Google’s Personal Growth Guru Shares His Wisdom
Normally, I do not write book reviews, but I recently heard an outstanding talk byChade-Meng Tan, who trains Googleemployees to meditate, practicemindfulness, and improve their emotional intelligence.
Time: How to Be Happier at Work: 3 Tips
Working at a start-up can be stressful. Just ask Chade-Meng Tan, who as Google’s 107th employee, experienced the company back when it was a start-up instead of the behemoth it is today.
National Catholic Reporter: The Zen Master of Google
Who knew that Google, the computer giant, had its very own Zen Master? Well, it's true. His name is Chade-Meng Tan, and he's just published a new book called Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace).
The Times: Why Does Everyone Want to Meet Google Employee No. 107?
Front page story on the Times about Search Inside Yourself.
Knowledge@Wharton
Knowledge@Wharton interviewed me for a 3-part story on emotional intelligence and its impact. Here are the 3 parts, and they come with podcasts too: Part 1: Google's Chade-Meng Tan Wants You to Search Inside Yourself for Inner (and World) Peace Part 2: How Emotional...
The New York Times: OK, Google, take a deep breath
Front page story on the Sunday Business section of the New York Times.
The Straits Times: For he is a jolly good fellow, really
Story about me endowing 2 scholarships in Singapore.
Shambhala Sun: Google Searches
"World peace - expressed with no irony - is the recurring theme for Meng"
Tricycle: Buddha in the Googleplex
"The search engine's Jolly Good Fellow brings dharma to the Silicon Valley."
The Guardian: Searching for Enlightenment
Editorial about my work in the School of Personal Growth.
The New York Times: “Who’s With Gwyneth? The Google Guy.”
I was on the cover of the print version and also on the nytimes.com homepage!