Women Who Build: Abhilasha Sinha, Chief Product Officer, Open Secret on Connecting the Dots, Readying Companies for Innovation, the Power of Spirituality, Community, and Coaching in Business Success.
Description
We are often asked by our dear ones to build a career around what we “love” doing. What is not talked about is how to find what we love, and this process requires a LOT of reflection.
Abhilasha Sinha is one of the few individuals who have done the hard work to ultimately find what she loves and been transparent about it! In this episode of Women who Build, Abhilasha talks about how she was fortunate to have been admitted to Harvard Business School’s 2+2 program, as that equipped her with the risk appetite to embark on a journey of career exploration. She started her career in education at Avanti, went on to consult with large companies on disruption at Innosight (a firm started by Prof. Clayton Christensen), streamlined operations at a biotech company, Elucidata, joined the digital revolution in India as the Chief of Staff at Hike, and is now “un-junking” food at Open Secret. In the process, Abhilasha has reflected deeply on the impact that she wants to have in the world, which makes her every day very deliberate.
In this episode of Women who Build, we will learn -
- Abhilasha’s journey - from growing up in Delhi to making products at Open Secret
- Innovation in the interview process of a company started by Clay Christensen - peer to peer interviews
- How can large companies and executives prepare for disruptions in their industries? Processes to build, teams to form, the timing of disruption
- Platform as a Service - balancing personalization and automation: a case on Elucidata
- Building processes for a company that is amidst a business model transition
- Gaining the trust of team members as a generalist/Chief of Staff
- Power of spirituality, community, and coaching in business success
There was so much to learn from Abhilasha's journey - this is by far the longest episode we have done!