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

<p>Mosaic Minds Podcast Episode 26 | Guest: Lan Doan | Founder, AslaWhat does it take to build a career that feels not just successful, but fulfilled?</p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>Together, we explore:</p><p>• Being the only Vietnamese citizen student in her Harvard MBA cohort and what it meant to carry her country&#39;s story into a global classroom</p><p>• Navigating the bamboo ceiling in the US and Southeast Asia, and why human connection across difference is the most durable response</p><p>• The leadership lesson that changed everything: learning to separate scope of ownership from scope of impact, and giving herself permission to let go</p><p>• How her first startup, built from scratch to 3 million users, led her to her deeper calling in people development and mindset transformation</p><p>• What Asla is building and why she believes AI coaching and human coaching serve fundamentally different, equally necessary roles</p><p>• Her message to young Vietnamese women: you do not need permission to want what you want</p><p>• The mosaic mindset practice she swears by: leaning into discomfort with curiosity, because what makes you uncomfortable usually says something about you</p><p>📩 Know a woman leader in Vietnam who would like to join this podcast? Contact My at: </p><p>📧 Email: my@equestasia.com.au </p><p>🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/myholland/</p><p><br></p><p>𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆</p><p>Leadership isn&#39;t a one-size-fits-all canvas. It&#39;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.</p><p>🌐 Website: https://www.equestasia.com.au </p><p>🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/equestasia ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@equestasia/podcasts </p><p>🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/42rgfiUBtVe7Gdun0oWcHA 🎧 Appl