Fulfilled Careers, AI Coaching & The Power of Letting Go | Mosaic Minds Podcast Ep. 26

Mosaic Minds Podcast Episode 26 | Guest: Lan Doan | Founder, AslaWhat does it take to build a career that feels not just successful, but fulfilled?In this episode, host My Holland sits down with Lan Doan, a Harvard MBA, former Boston Consulting Group consultant, and founder of Asla, a platform blending AI and human coaching to help people build meaningful careers. After eight years in top-tier consulting and three years as CEO of a tech startup that grew to 3 million users and 120 employees, Lan is now focused on her most personal mission yet: making quality career coaching accessible to everyone, not just those at the executive level or with the means to afford it.Together, we explore:• Being the only Vietnamese citizen student in her Harvard MBA cohort and what it meant to carry her country's story into a global classroom• Navigating the bamboo ceiling in the US and Southeast Asia, and why human connection across difference is the most durable response• The leadership lesson that changed everything: learning to separate scope of ownership from scope of impact, and giving herself permission to let go• How her first startup, built from scratch to 3 million users, led her to her deeper calling in people development and mindset transformation• What Asla is building and why she believes AI coaching and human coaching serve fundamentally different, equally necessary roles• Her message to young Vietnamese women: you do not need permission to want what you want• The mosaic mindset practice she swears by: leaning into discomfort with curiosity, because what makes you uncomfortable usually says something about you📩 Know a woman leader in Vietnam who would like to join this podcast? Contact My at: 📧 Email: [email protected] 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/myholland/𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆Leadership isn't a one-size-fits-all canvas. It's a mosaic! Join My Holland, your French Aussie Vietnamese host, as she uncovers the layered lives of leaders who think differently, lead deeply, and live fully.🌐 Website: https://www.equestasia.com.au 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/equestasia ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@equestasia/podcasts 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/42rgfiUBtVe7Gdun0oWcHA 🎧 Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3O1mn6EJoin our VK Nữ community of overseas Vietnamese 🇻🇳 women: https://vietkieunu.org/Mosaic Minds Podcast – Initiative for Women by EQuest Asia ✨ Music: Anthony Holland | Researcher: My-Lan Holland | Editor: Cam Tuong📍 About Our Guest: Lan Doan is the founder of Asla (www.asla.ai), a platform making fulfilled careers possible for everyone through a powerful blend of AI and human coaching. She brings over eight years of experience in top-tier consulting and three years as CEO of a tech business she built from scratch to 3 million users and 120 employees. A Harvard MBA graduate, Lan is also a founding member and board advisor for Teaching for Vietnam, and has worked across geographies and industries with a consistent focus on talent development, mindset transformation, and building cultures where people can thrive.🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/landoan/ 🌐 Website: www.asla.ai