Hack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your Plans

Our brains evolved to seek security by focusing in on the patterns we could recognize in our environment. But according to David Weinberger, Author of Everyday Chaos, new advances in machine learning are showing us unexpected ways to interpret an increasingly complex and digitally enhanced world, creating both opportunities and dangers our ancestral experience couldn't have prepared us for. In this episode of Hack the Process, David tells us what machine learning has to teach the experts in business strategy, how artificial intelligence is showing us new ways to think about what our society truly values, and why he chose to write and publish his ideas about new ways of thinking and communicating in the form of a printed book.

For all the links check out the show notes: https://www.hacktheprocess.com/david-weinberger-encourages-us-to-embrace-chaos-on-hack-the-process-podcast/

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Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got personal branding, work disagreements, event planning, and more.

For all the links, check out the show notes: https://www.hacktheprocess.com/personal-branding-work-disagreements-event-planning-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/

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Events

On October 9, join Nicaila Matthews-Okome at Side Hustle Pro Live in Washington, DC with her special guest Maya Elious, a personal branding pro who will break down the details of how she bootstrapped her own business.

Get your laugh on at Isn’t She Funny, with Sarah Cooper among the dude-free line-up on September 30 in Brooklyn, New York.

Media

What separates great companies from the rest? Learn about identifying your customers and positioning your brand from April Dunford on the Escape Velocity Podcast.

The Anthony Eisenman Show features Bill Wooditch talking about learning from mistakes and making down payments on your success.

Writing

Going beyond the usual check-the-box diversity workshops, Michelle Kim tells Nurole how her organization, Awaken, takes a different approach and promotes deeper conversations around diversity and inclusion.

Inspired by National Women’s Equality Day, Kimberly Wiefling shares insights and infographics about on how we can promote gender equality at work.

In response to Forbes mentioning only one woman innovator among ninety-nine men, Sarah Robb O’Hagan has released a list of ninety nine innovative women, including lean social impact champion Ann Mei Chang, Bozoma Saint John who was mentioned by Sasha Ariel Alston, and Susan Cain, who was recommended by Ron Carucci.

Problems at work sometimes stem from disputes. The newest Hack the Process guest, Steve Farber recommends a few strategies to keep disagreements from ruining work relationships in his recent Inc article.

Brian Solis is featured along with Tim Ferriss, Marie Kondo, and Esther Perel in this article on how to be the best version of you.

Recommended Resources

Some folks struggle as businesspeople while yearning to take on a role they are more passionate about. Anita Wing Lee, mentioned by Tara Byrne, was one of them. Read how she chose to be an artist as opposed to being an entrepreneur in her newest blog entry.

The Event Planner Expo will happen in New York City from October 1 to 3, showcasing some of the top speakers in the events industry, including Gary Vaynerchuk, whose work has inspired Malek Banoun, Tara Hunt, and Zack Friedman.

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Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got inner work, impossible scaling, social arcs, and more.

For all the links check out the show notes: https://www.hacktheprocess.com/inner-work-impossible-scaling-social-arcs-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/

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Events

On October 19 and 20, Ron Lichty will be presenting What’s It Take To be A Good Manager at Silicon Valley Code Camp, sharing the secrets to managing programmers and being successful at it.

Media

How does Jay Wong make $20,000 a month from his podcast? Yaro Starak, who was mentioned by Michelle Dale, finds out in an interview with Jay.

On The Nice Guys on Business Podcast, Zack Friedman talks about his business, his book, and living the lemonade life.

Writing

The Inner Work of Racial Justice is a new book by Rhonda Magee which will be released on September 17, but it’s available for pre-order right now. Go get your copy today!

You can also preorder The Lion in Me, a children’s mindfulness book by Andrew Nance, which comes out on September 17.

In his latest Forbes article, Ron Carucci interviews David Lee, the Chief Operating Officer of Impossible Burger, who shares the five startup scaling lessons that entrepreneurs can learn from Impossible Burger.

Ricky Yean‘s latest post reflects on the arc of social media and the various components that shaped their changes over the years.

Success and failure often go hand in hand. Bill Wooditch preaches the wisdom of failing more to achieve success in an interview on MindTools.

Creating a media list is a great way to get journalists to take notice of your brand. Alistair Clay has a four-step guide which he shares in his new blog post.

It’s not uncommon for entrepreneurs who travel a lot to neglect their health, what can they do to stay fit on the road? Julian Hayes includes a few simple tips in his latest Entrepreneur article.

Recommended Resources

Talking to Strangers, the newest book by Malcom Gladwell, is now out in stores. Josh Haynam is one of the many fans of Malcolm Gladwell’s work.

Podcast host and online marketing expert Amy Porterfield reveals the five most profitable digital courses in her chat with John Lee Dumas on the Entrepreneur On Fire Podcast. Nicole Holland, Nicaila Matthews-Okome, and Tom Morkes have all mentioned listening to John’s podcast.

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What is it about the business world that seems to resist love? That's what Steve Farber found himself asking as he took his career from a youthful passion for music to trading commodity futures, and eventually to running his own leadership development company. Whether you're an entrepreneur or an employee, the best business opportunities may come as the result of letting love guide your choices, as Steve points out in his new book, "Love is Just Damn Good Business." In this Hack the Process interview, Steve will tell us how he reinvented his career as he discovered new passions, why he believes mentorship is more than just a pat on the back and a free meal, and what tradeoffs he considered when he decided to work with a publisher instead of self-publishing.

For all the links check out the show notes at https://www.hacktheprocess.com/steve-farber-brings-the-love-back-to-leadership-on-hack-the-process-podcast/

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Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got sabotage, inclusivity, transformation, and more.

For all the links, check out the show notes: https://www.hacktheprocess.com/sabotage-inclusivity-transformation-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/

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Events

Enroll for Designing Strategy from IDEO U, a limited-time course that will help enrollees build human-centered and business-focused approaches for teams, organizations or companies. The course is taught by Roger L. Martin and Jennifer Riel, and runs from September 26 to November 3.

Come attend the 2019 PMI Silicon Valley Annual Symposium from October 14 to 15, where speakers such as Kimberly Wiefling will cover the topic of digital transformation and its impact on business and project management.

Leading the Product is a product management conference set to happen in Melbourne, Australia on October 17 and in Sydney on October 22. Rich Mironov will be hosting the event.

Media

Rent the Runway, a designer clothing rental company where Hampton Catlin is VP of Engineering, was recently featured on the Today Show.

The Enterprise Podcast Network talks with Kami Anderson and Joy Wiggins about how women can go from sabotage to support and how to improve conditions and reduce bias in the workplace.

Find out more about brand positioning and how to differentiate your business from others by tuning in to April Dunford‘s episode of the Live in the Feast Podcast.

Safi Bahcall returns to the Tim Ferriss show to discuss hypnosis, conquering insomnia, and his thoughts on depression.

Writing

If you want to capture user and customer experience, you can build a website using behavioral design. The latest Hack the Process guest, Will Leach can teach you how in his Forbes article.

On Associations Now, Kristin Clarke lists a few world-changing books, including Success is in Your Sphere by Zvi Band and Connected Strategy by Christian Terwiesch.

Shackled, by Adam Siddiq, has received another award, this time from the Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews and Award Contest under the non-fiction category. Congratulations, Adam!

Recommended Resources

Evolve 2019 is coming to Long Beach, California from October 18 to 20. Dr. Shefali Tsabary, whom Heather Chauvin recommended, will be leading this four-day summit of meditation and connection.

Join Chris Coyier and other experienced speakers at Artifact in Austin, Texas from September 30 to October 2 to learn about design systems, lean approaches, accessibility, and inclusivity. Chris Coyier was mentioned by Jina Anne during her Hack the Process interview.

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Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got business dinners, beautiful sorrows, trailblazers, and more.

For all the links check out the show notes at https://www.hacktheprocess.com/business-dinners-beautiful-sorrows-trailblazers-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/

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Events

The Voice Matters Workshop is open again from September 2 to 4 in Beirut, Lebanon. Mike Massy will teach vocalization techniques to express emotions.

The MENTour, founded by JuVan Langford, is bringing Manifest, a three-day men’s health conference, to Sydney, Australia on November 15 to 17. Register to network and get support from other men.

Media

After quitting his corporate job, Josh Zloof went on to revolutionize the instant coffee industry by founding Sudden Coffee. Listen to his story on the Lessons From A Quitter Podcast.

In today’s digital age, is a business lunch or dinner out of date? Maybe not! A new episode of the $100MBA Podcast with Omar Zenhom explains how it can be a pretty good investment.

Nicaila Matthews-Okome pays a visit to NBC News Today, where she explains how she turned her passion into a business and how to know if a side hustle suits you.

KALW News shines the spotlight on Andrew Nance who shares how he teaches mindfulness to kids in San Francisco.

BookAds is an agency that helps authors advertise their books, and co-founder Brian Bernie discusses using Amazon ads to boost book sales with Tom Morkes on the In the Trenches Podcast.

Thaddeus Russell of The Unregistered Podcast is joined by Daniel Coffeen who discusses why, for him, there is beauty in pain and sorrow.

Writing

Brian Solis offers 11 strategies to spark creativity in your employees to maximize their potential and build a more creative business.

The Crank n’ Bank content strategy means putting out as much content as you can as fast as you can. Jon Dykstra explains how useful that approach can be.

Recommended Resources

Did you know that Marc Benioff, founder of Salesforce and a resource mentioned by Tiffani Bova, is coming out with a new book? It’s called Trailblazer, and it should hit the shelves in October.

Leading without demanding authority is possible. Keith Ferrazzi, an entrepreneur and author mentioned by Ryan Waggoner, recently gave a talk on redefining organizational culture that was published by Mindvalley, which was founded by Vishen Lakhiani, one of the influences Michelle Dale mentioned.

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Are you sometimes surprised by how your customers respond to your marketing efforts? Will Leach's new book, Marketing to Mindstates, may provide insight into how behavioral design can help you craft a message that speaks to the mindstate of your target audience. In this episode of Hack the Process, Will tells us how he applied his own concepts when editing his book, what behavioral design can teach companies like Nike and Capital One about their current customers, and why our unconscious associations have such an impact on the choices we make.

For all the links, check out the show notes: https://www.hacktheprocess.com/will-leach-helps-you-understand-your-customers-mindstate-on-hack-the-process-podcast/

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Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got indie rock, influencers, interruptions and more.

For all the links, check out the show notes at https://www.hacktheprocess.com/indie-rock-influencers-interruptions-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/.

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Events

Software engineers can come and join Seattle CodeCamp on September 14, which is free to attendees and open to presenters of all experience levels. Ron Lichty will be there presenting a crash course on “Managing Software People and Teams.”

Media

Morgan Kling sheds some light on influencer marketing and how to find influencers for your marketing campaign on the Social Media Insider Podcast.

Hear about leadership and product management from Rich Mironov’s visit to The Product Mensch Podcast.

You can now check out the talks from Cascade SF’s recently-concluded Growth Design Series and learn more about design systems on their Youtube account. Andi Galpern is the founder of Cascade SF.

The message Kate Swoboda shares in the newest episode of the on Your Courageous Life Podcast is to take action now! No more hesitation, no more waiting for the right time.

In Maria Dismondy’s latest vlog, she recommends that teachers use QR codes for books, so they can start incorporating technology to engage students in reading and improve literacy.

Writing

Support Michelle Kim and other tech leaders of Build Tech We Trust in their mission to help social media platforms prevent hate speech and ideology.

Anne Stott is an indie rock singer and songwriter whom Frank Strona met at TEDxProvincetown, and as Frank mentions in his latest blog post, she just launched her new album, Jump Go.

Fashion and tech are the fields that Sasha Ariel Alston has chosen to focus on, but these are only a couple of the possible coding career opportunities for girls which she discusses in her recent blog post.

Get media coverage fast with these smart media relations tactics from Alistair Clay.

You can get work done despite interruptions, and Mark Silver has written about three concepts to keep in mind that can help.

Recommended Resources

Gather with the international community and scale your digital growth sustainably at Growth Marketing Summit 2019 which will take place in Frankfurt, Germany on September 3. Eric Ries, who was referenced by Maneesh Sethi and Ann Mei Chang, will be the special guest speaker at the event.

IT Nation Connect is a conference by ConnectWise set to happen in Orlando, Florida from October 30 to November 1. Dan Pink, who was mentioned by Jennifer Riel and Tiffani Bova, will be among the tech leaders and professionals presenting at the gathering.

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Instant coffee has a bad reputation, and you may think it's well earned. But that means there's room for disruption, and Josh Zloof's company, Sudden Coffee, has patented a process for capturing all the flavor of the world's best coffee and packaging it in a convenient test tube. In this episode of Hack the Process, Josh will tell us what drew him away from a stable career to lead a startup, how he pivoted from selling consumer subscription plans to partnering with artisanal coffee roasters, and what he's learned from avoiding traditional business books in favor of reading fiction.

For all the links, check out the show notes: https://www.hacktheprocess.com/josh-zloof-wants-to-make-the-world-a-better-cup-of-instant-coffee-on-hack-the-process-podcast/

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Healthcare, Time Machines, Uncertain Futures, and More in Process Hacker News

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got healthcare, time machines, uncertain futures, and more.

For all the links, check out the show notes at https://www.hacktheprocess.com/healthcare-time-machines-uncertain-futures-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/.

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Events

Mindfulness in America will be held in New York from October 12 to 13, and Rhonda Magee will be joining Anderson Cooper, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and more among the chosen speakers for the learning-filled summit.

Get ready to crack up with comedians like Sarah Cooper at Comedy Time Machine in Queens, New York on August 19.

Media

Lisa Dale Miller’s newest guest on the Groundless Ground Podcast is author, Buddhist teacher, and prison chaplain Cuong Lu, who released his book, The Buddha in Jail last year.

Kimberly Wiefling was featured on the Business Performance Podcast, sharing her thoughts on leadership, team management, and organizational culture,.

On the JumbleThink Podcast, Marissa Orr proposes a healthier leadership, redefining the hierarchy of business and empowering work teams.

You can improve in your areas of weakness by focusing on your strengths. Find out how in a new vlog by Ilan Ferdman on Personal Development Without the Fluff.

The Great Hack is a Netflix feature about Cambridge Analytica showing the dark side of the social web. Dismayed by fallacies he saw in the film, Daniel Coffeen took to his blog to explain the context that the film did not get around to highlighting.

Writing

The Lemonade Life is a new book by our latest Hack the Process guest, Zack Friedman, and it’s now out in stores!

In an article about venture capital opportunity zones on the Commercial Observer, Anne Driscoll was quoted revealing how Launch Pad, the co-working startup she co-founded, is helping promote opportunity zone programs.

Alex Hillman hopes to encourage better health coverage plans for small businesses, and he could use your help by filling out a survey.

Ron Carucci was quoted in a In CNN business edition article on the 4 biggest mistakes a CEO can make.

Recommended Resources

Chris Waugh, the Chief Innovation Officer at Sutter Health and Tracy DeLuca’s former podcast co-host, was asked by IDEO about leader creativity and what three qualities leaders most need in an uncertain future.

Dorie Clark, referenced by both Nicole Holland and Ron Carucci, will join ExecConnect 2019 in New York City from October 6 to 8. The conference focuses on next-gen leadership to keep up with the changing needs for workforce diversity and digital transformation.

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