In this Focus Forty episode of The Design Your Thinking Podcast, I talk to Ellen Chisa about her success & thinking and the Product Mindset.

Who is Ellen Chisa?

Ellen Chisa is the Vice President of Product of Lola, an app that provides on-demand service for all things related to travel. Chisa joined Lola in May 2015, after several years as a product manager for Kickstarter and Microsoft. Chisa has a lifelong passion for education, and has dedicated her career to developing products that facilitate learning and focus on User Experience, particularly for mobile devices. Chisa is a graduate of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering with a B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering, and is currently on sabbatical from Harvard Business School, after completing her first year. She currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts.

In this particular episode, you will learn

1. What makes Ellen successful?
2. How Ellen keeps herself productive?
3. How Ellen manages the balance between being productive and being creative?
4. The 3 most important skills every product manager should possess
5. Ellen’s view of how the discipline of Product Management would change in the next 5 years
6. How does Ellen see the role of a Product Manager evolve in the years to come?
7. Ellen shares an exercise you should do in the next few minutes after listening to this episode

Useful Links

Ellen Chisa on Twitter @ellenchisa

Ellen’s Blog – blog.ellenchisa.com

Ellen’s Website – ellenchisa.com

Danone app – dayoneapp.com

Mindset – A book by Carol Dweck