Search Inside Yourself: The Mindfulness Program Born at Google

In 2007, a Google engineer named Chade-Meng Tan created an internal training program combining mindfulness, neuroscience, and emotional intelligence. It became one of the most sought-after courses in the company's history.

In 2012, it became an independent organization — Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI) — and has since been delivered to organizations including SAP, LinkedIn, Aetna, Bosch, and hundreds of others across 50+ countries.

What Makes SIY Different

Most corporate wellness programs address stress through generic relaxation techniques. SIY operates at a different level.

The program is built on three pillars: attention training (mindfulness), self-knowledge through self-awareness, and building useful mental habits — empathy, motivation, leadership.

The key insight behind SIY: emotional intelligence is not a fixed trait. It is a trainable capacity. And the training ground is attention itself.

What the Research Shows

Studies with SIY participants document, on average: 19% reduction in stress scores, 23% increase in general wellbeing, significant improvements in focus, creativity, and collaboration, reduced interpersonal conflict, and increased job satisfaction and engagement.

These results hold across industries, cultures, and organizational levels.

SIY and Workplace Mental Health Legislation

In many countries, organizations now face increasing legal and regulatory pressure to address psychosocial risks — stress, burnout, harassment, violence — in the workplace.

SIY offers a structured, documentable intervention with measurable outcomes. Each module has defined content, measurable objectives, and trackable results — creating the evidence trail that compliance requires.

More importantly, it creates real change rather than just compliance theater.

Who SIY Is For

SIY works for leadership teams wanting to develop more conscious management, organizations dealing with high burnout and absenteeism, HR departments looking for evidence-based wellbeing programs, and sectors under high emotional load: healthcare, education, finance, legal.