Hack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your Plans

When you're the Chief Ethics Officer for a well-known company like Airbnb, you sometimes have to weigh the conflicting demands of shareholders, employees, guests, hosts, and governments around the world against your own integrity. Rob Chesnut says that starting with integrity makes the rest of the decisions much more straightforward, and he hopes to share that message with his new book, Intentional Integrity. In this Hack the Process interview, Rob will tell us what he learned about teaching...

The path to becoming a national news correspondent on network television can be difficult and frustrating, but for Adrienne Bankert it became an opportunity to embody kindness as the secret superpower behind her success. Now she’s sharing what she learned along the way with a new book, “Your Hidden Superpower: The Kindness that Makes You Unbeatable at Work and Connects You With Anyone.” In this episode of Hack the Process Adrienne explains why mentorship drew her attention to the relevance...

When you think of lead generation, you might imagine churning out a quick return on a clever Facebook ad with an affiliate link. But for Anthony Sarandrea, founder of Siteflood, it's an opportunity to build a lifetime relationship and create real value, both for his business clients and for the customers he can introduce them to. In this episode of Hack the Process, Anthony will tell us why expanded his successful lead generation business into an information resource, what delegating tasks...

Demotivation is not the opposite of motivation according to Dr. Tara Peters because different factors usually cause people to become motivated or demotivated. Dr. Peters has been researching demotivation for years through her academic work in organizational behavior as well as direct consulting in the business world. She's also co-authored a book called The Demotivated Employee to help leaders address this problem that may be costing companies $500 billion annually. In this Hack the Process...

The agile mindset has gone from a radical concept to a contract requirement for many large technology companies, but different types of companies can call for different approaches. In his new book, Metagility, former engineer turned agile consultant David Bishop outlines his technique for businesses integrating software, firmware, and hardware to partner with their customers around value and quality. In this Hack the Process interview David will tell us how he used education and networking...

There are some people who see conflict all around them, and others who choose not to acknowledge it at all. But according to Organizational Psychologist and author of Optimal Outcomes, Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler, the first step is stopping to notice your own patterns so you can see more clearly how the conflicts in your life affect the world around you. In this Hack the Process interview Jen will tell us about the continuing role mentorship has had in her career, what strategies helped her...

Anxiety, Violence, Opportunity, and More in Process Hacker News from Hack the Process Podcast Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This episode we’ve got anxiety, violence, opportunity, and more. For all the links, check out the show notes: https://www.hacktheprocess.com/anxiety-violence-opportunity-and-more-in-process-hacker-news-from-hack-the-process-podcast/ Enjoy!...

Do you ever wonder what's going on in the minds of the Human Resources folks when you're negotiating your salary? Denise Liebetrau has been on both sides of the HR desk, and she's spent the past several years coaching job candidates about how to recognize their true value and ask for appropriate compensation. In this episode of Hack the Process Denise will tell us why she tells her clients that salary negotiation starts with your first interview, what steps she took as an employee that made...

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This episode we’ve got credibility, discovery, sanity, and more and more. For all the links, check out the show notes: https://www.hacktheprocess.com/credibility-discovery-sanity-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/ Enjoy! Events You can figure out how to engage and motivate product teams by joining Ron Lichty for an online presentation on...

After 17 years as a tech CEO fighting the naysayers to lead a revolution in LED lighting, Chuck Swoboda, author of The Innovator's Spirit, has a lot to say about what innovation means. It’s not just a matter of creating something new. That new thing also has to provide value that a customer will recognize and reward. In this Hack the Process interview, Chuck explains how he learned to leverage failure without making it an objective, what changed for him as his company grew from 30 employees...

Student debt is a massive problem in the United States, as college costs continue to rise, and many of the emerging career opportunities are out of reach to people who have no degree. That's why Grant Aldrich's new learning platform, OnlineDegree.com, lets people take many undergraduate college courses for free, online, on their own schedule, with credits that are recognized at over a thousand accredited universities. In this episode of Hack the Process Grant will tell us why he felt it was...

You can listen much faster than you can speak, and you think even faster than that. But according to Oscar Trimboli, author of Deep Listening, the point isn't just how many words you can comprehend in a minute. On this episode of Hack the Process, Oscar discusses what we need to be paying attention to while we're listening to someone speak, why deep listening matters both in our business and personal lives, and how his audacious goal of bringing deep listening to 100 million people has...

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your 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 momentum, impactful ideas, terrible leaders, and more. For all the links, check out the show notes: https://www.hacktheprocess.com/momentum-impactful-ideas-terrible-leaders-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/ Enjoy! Events Brian Solis will be one of the keynote speakers at the Future of Marketing Conference on February...

You know that one unobtainable thing you need? You might be able to get it just by asking, according to Dr. Wayne Baker. His new book, All You Have to Do is Ask, can tell you why it works and show you how to do it, based on years of research and work in the field of generalized reciprocity. In this episode of Hack the Process Dr. Baker will tell us how he structures his time to put writing at the start of his day, what surprised him about his initial research into generosity, and why it's...

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 cool coding, good grades, a cup of tea, and more. For all the links, check out the show notes: https://www.hacktheprocess.com/cool-coding-good-grades-a-cup-of-tea-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/ Enjoy! Events Spend the holidays with new friends by joining Tea With Strangers, created by Ankit Shah to help...

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 magic, evolution, transformation, and more. For all the links, check out the show notes: https://www.hacktheprocess.com/magic-evolution-transformation-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/ Enjoy! Events Join Velocity Squared from January 29 to 30 in London to learn how to maintain and manage business growth. April...

Objectives come in all shapes and sizes, and understanding how to measure our movement toward them can be the key to making them add value to our lives. Christina Wodtke has been using objectives and key results (OKRs) to maintain an incredible level of productivity as her interests have led her from corporate Design to academia to publishing, including her new book, a business fable called "The Team That Managed Itself." In this episode of Hack the Process, Christina will tell us how she...

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 love, justice, uncertainty, and more. For all the links, check out the show notes: https://www.hacktheprocess.com/love-justice-uncertainty-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/ Enjoy! Events Join Mark Silver for Heart of Business, a one-day workshop on November 8 in Baltimore, Maryland to learn how to combine...

Companies and careers can both follow very different paths depending on the factors that motivate them. But according to Bill Schaninger, co-author of Beyond Performance 2.0, if all we track are short-term performance wins, we're not setting ourselves up for sustainable health, and he has decades of research to back that up. In this episode of Hack the Process, Bill will tell us why it's essential to start with aspirations instead of fears when driving cultural change, what differentiates...

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 lucid dreams, coworking artists, cultural branding, and more. For all the links, check out the show notes: https://www.hacktheprocess.com/lucid-dreams-coworking-artists-cultural-branding-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/ Enjoy! Events On Sunday, October 20, I’ll be at Silicon Valley Code Camp in San Jose,...