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 mindful intervention, inner justice, superheroes, and more, plus a few exclusive updates for the Process Hackers on our mailing list. Enjoy!

Events

Rich Mironov is sharing his product knowledge and experience at two events this April: the Business of Software in Cambridge, UK from April 11 to 12, and the Organizational Challenge of Enterprise Roadmapping in Dublin, Ireland from April 15 to 17. You can also hear Rich on The Product Science Podcast, explaining product leadership.

Join Ann Mei Chang at Salon Series on April 17 in Washington, DC to hear her discuss her book, Lean Impact.

Mailing List Exclusive: Learn to manage your time, money, energy, and space using the Currency Paradigm at Navigate Transitions in Washington on May 4, as Jon de Waal joins forces with accountant and counselor Hillary Augustine to lead the session.

AgileCamp is heading to Chicago on May 6 with a line-up of speakers from a wide range of businesses and fields sharing the latest learnings about agile development practices. Ron Lichty will be among the presenters this year.

Join Cascade SF, which was founded by Andi Galpern, for an evening of UX design mentoring and networking awaits at Mentor Night on April 8 in San Francisco.

Media

On the Groundless Ground Podcast with Lisa Dale Miller, psychiatrist and Buddhist meditation practitioner Judson Brewer discusses mastering the addictive mind and the application of mindfulness interventions to addiction.

Learn about the inner work of racial justice and how Rhonda Magee teaches mindfulness to law students when Rhonda guests on the The Courageous Life Podcast.

Mailing List Exclusive: What does it mean to balance feminine and masculine energies? Hear Guy and Ilan Ferdman’s ideas about how to stabilize these forces to achieve your own goals.

Author of The Alter Ego Effect, Todd Herman, goes on the latest episode of The Inner Changemaker podcast, hosted by Jay Wong, to teach us how we can tap into our best selves as an entrepreneur, a parent, and a person by becoming a superhero and creating an alter ego .

Ron Carucci sat down for an interview on the Breaking Barriers Podcast to discuss managing organizational change and the factors that guide it.

Writing

Do you know why McDonald’s recently acquired a $300 million-dollar tech startup outside the food business? Julian Hayes II explains how entrepreneurs can learn from the two key principles behind McDonald’s tech acquisition in his latest Inc article.

Contrary to the common belief that running a business typically causes stress, Frank Strona proposes that starting a business can improve your quality of life and provides three reasons why in his latest blog post.

Recommended Resources

Whether you’re a small startup or a huge corporation, you can learn to go beyond the borders of business growth at the GrowthHackers Conference on May 7 in San Francisco. Sean Ellis, mentioned by Vinay Patankar, is the founder of GrowthHackers and also one of the speakers at the one-day event.

Mailing List Exclusive: Everyone encourages us to pursue our passion and do what we love, but what they don’t warn us about is the perils of following your career passion. Adam Grant, whose writing was mentioned by Kesha Moore and Jennifer Riel tells us that we should to take the job we’ll learn from the most instead in his newest WorkLife Podcast episode.

Fake it ‘til you make it? Not according to Real Estate Queen and Shark Tank Shark Barbara Corcoran, who trusts in people’s passion and drive rather than their ideas. She has a fun chat about success in business and life with Lewis Howes, host of The School of Greatness Podcast, a show which both Malek Banoun and Paula Jenkins listen to.