{"id":4067,"date":"2021-05-24T10:57:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T10:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalm.io\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2023-08-24T12:03:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T12:03:45","slug":"day-in-the-life-interview-ashley-duque-kienzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalm.io\/es\/day-in-the-life-interview-ashley-duque-kienzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Un d\u00eda en la vida Entrevista: Ashley Duqu\u00e9 Kienzle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global M tuvo el placer de conversar con <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ashleyduquekienzle\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley Duqu\u00e9 Kienzle<\/a> sobre la vida como Chief Product Officer de Changing Health, Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.changinghealth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cambio de salud<\/a> se enfoca en permitir que las personas vivan vidas m\u00e1s felices y saludables sin importar qui\u00e9nes sean o d\u00f3nde se encuentren. Hacemos esto mediante la entrega de viajes de salud personalizados adaptables que apoyan a la persona en su totalidad y son independientes de la condici\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ashley anteriormente ocup\u00f3 cargos en empresas como Amazon y Facebook, donde trabaj\u00f3 en productos de inteligencia artificial (IA) y dirigi\u00f3 un equipo para abordar \u00e1reas problem\u00e1ticas importantes. Ashley fue nombrada directora de productos de Changing Health en 2020 y trabaj\u00f3 como parte de un equipo ejecutivo capacitado y talentoso para impulsar los resultados de salud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-accent-background-color has-accent-color\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/globalm.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ashley-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4092\" width=\"400\" height=\"340\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Desde su casa en Barcelona, Ashley habla con Global M sobre el d\u00eda a d\u00eda de una Chief Product Office \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. \u00a1Ashley, hola! <strong>En primer lugar, \u00bfpuede contarnos un poco sobre su trabajo y lo que hace su empresa?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Como director de productos de Changing Health, trabajo como parte de un equipo capacitado y talentoso para impulsar mejores resultados de salud. Estamos ayudando a las personas que luchan con diferentes condiciones de salud, a cambiar su comportamiento para erradicar potencialmente estas condiciones y vivir vidas m\u00e1s saludables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bajo mi mandato, tengo una variedad de \u00e1reas diferentes, como tecnolog\u00eda, UI\/UX, datos, cl\u00ednica y producto. Ayudamos a las personas con el cambio de comportamiento de estilo de vida y es muy importante que estemos arraigados en la ciencia, por lo que tenemos m\u00e9dicos en el equipo para apoyar esto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tambi\u00e9n tengo en mi equipo Soporte al usuario que mira al usuario final y responde cualquier pregunta que pueda tener. Tambi\u00e9n tenemos entrenadores como parte de algunas de las jornadas de cambio de comportamiento y donde las audiencias pueden requerir diferentes intervenciones para ser efectivos, el entrenador adecuado est\u00e1 disponible. UX Research y UX Design se encuentran entre el maravilloso equipo que garantiza que siempre estemos centrados en el usuario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Al tener una amplia franja de Talento con diferentes capacidades, conocimientos y habilidades, podemos compartir ideas y tener discusiones constructivas que nos permiten continuar construyendo un producto centrado en el usuario y promover un cambio de comportamiento positivo.<\/em><\/p><cite>Ashley Duqu\u00e9 Kienzle<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. \u00bfQu\u00e9 lo llev\u00f3 al cargo de director de producto y cu\u00e1l es su experiencia?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tengo una formaci\u00f3n tortuosa, en realidad comenc\u00e9 estudiando biolog\u00eda del comportamiento y complet\u00e9 una maestr\u00eda centrada en el cambio de comportamiento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despu\u00e9s de estudiar y algunos per\u00edodos breves en trabajos de comunicaciones, m\u00e1s tarde entr\u00e9 en Producto. La gesti\u00f3n de productos encajaba perfectamente con mi experiencia, tanto desde la comprensi\u00f3n de c\u00f3mo las personas toman decisiones hasta c\u00f3mo esto afecta sus elecciones y c\u00f3mo interact\u00faan con diversas tecnolog\u00edas. Realmente tuve la suerte de haber trabajado para Accenture primero y luego para Capital One, que fue un campo de entrenamiento incre\u00edble para m\u00ed. Pude desarrollarme y aprender de s\u00f3lidos l\u00edderes de la industria, lo que me permiti\u00f3 pasar a Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En Amazon y Facebook, trabaj\u00e9 en productos de inteligencia artificial y dirig\u00ed un equipo para abordar \u00e1reas problem\u00e1ticas importantes. Amazon fue una gran oportunidad para m\u00ed de seguir mi pasi\u00f3n por los datos y nuevamente en Facebook, donde tambi\u00e9n me enfoqu\u00e9 en el aprendizaje autom\u00e1tico (ML) y la inteligencia artificial (AI). Ser internacional era uno de mis objetivos personales, y tener la oportunidad de trabajar en el espacio de Integridad Comunitaria en Facebook en Londres fue genial y me abri\u00f3 las puertas a mi vida internacional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M\u00e1s tarde me mud\u00e9 a Babylon, donde lider\u00e9 el desarrollo de productos de inteligencia artificial para brindar atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica remota y aline\u00e9 al equipo de m\u00e1s de 40 personas en torno a una visi\u00f3n impulsada por el usuario y el negocio para transformar los datos de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica y el aprendizaje autom\u00e1tico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Estuve expuesto al sistema de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica desde los 6 a\u00f1os de edad debido al diagn\u00f3stico de ELA de mi padre y siempre me han apasionado las matem\u00e1ticas y las ciencias y c\u00f3mo podr\u00edamos revolucionar el sistema de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica. Es una de esas industrias estancadas en la forma antigua, ahora y ciertamente en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, el ritmo del cambio ha aumentado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>No se trata solo de que el producto sea el correcto, sino de c\u00f3mo podemos trabajar en colaboraci\u00f3n para comprender c\u00f3mo proporcionamos el mejor y m\u00e1s adecuado producto para el usuario final.<\/em> <\/p><cite>Ashley Duqu\u00e9 Kienzle<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahora estoy trabajando en Changing Health, donde nos enfocamos en el cambio de comportamiento que, si se aborda correctamente, permitir\u00e1 a las personas prevenir, revertir o sobrevivir algunas de las enfermedades cr\u00f3nicas m\u00e1s gravosas del mundo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hacemos esto al ofrecer cambios en el estilo de vida que duran toda la vida a trav\u00e9s de viajes de salud digital personalizados e independientes de la condici\u00f3n que se basan en la ciencia y los datos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. <strong>Entonces, \u00bfa qu\u00e9 hora comienza su d\u00eda y c\u00f3mo es su horario de trabajo t\u00edpico?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soy naturalmente muy en\u00e9rgico, rara vez me siento solo \u23f0 por lo general me despierto alrededor de las 6 am y me saludan poco despu\u00e9s mis hermosos dogos adoptados \ud83d\udc15 \ud83d\udc15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Todas las ma\u00f1anas me aseguro de programar un momento de tranquilidad, tiempo de oraci\u00f3n, escribir un diario y un poco de meditaci\u00f3n. Luego, por supuesto, saco a los perros a dar un paseo por la ma\u00f1ana (\u00a1y un caf\u00e9 imprescindible!). Despu\u00e9s de eso, es alguna forma de ejercicio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Por lo general, trato de reservar la primera hora de mi d\u00eda, si puedo, para escribir, leer y ponerme al d\u00eda. Si estoy escribiendo, tengo que hacerlo a primera hora de la ma\u00f1ana o al final del d\u00eda. Encuentro que soy mejor editando tarde, as\u00ed que realmente trato de reservar este tiempo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dependiendo del d\u00eda, puede haber muchas reuniones, presentaciones y encuentros semanales. Esto podr\u00eda ser de reuniones de estrategia, ver d\u00f3nde estamos, resultados, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trato de permitirme una hora al final del d\u00eda para terminar las cosas y realmente ponerme al d\u00eda con lo que est\u00e1 sucediendo al d\u00eda siguiente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. <strong>\u00bfEn qu\u00e9 tipo de proyectos est\u00e1s trabajando?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M\u00faltiples proyectos en marcha y estamos planteando la Serie A, por lo que este es un proyecto en s\u00ed mismo en este momento. Podr\u00eda estar haciendo llamadas de VC, respondiendo preguntas y asegur\u00e1ndome de que estamos listos para este emocionante paso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recientemente contratamos a un CTO incre\u00edble en marzo, que est\u00e1 trabajando conmigo para garantizar que tengamos la estrategia tecnol\u00f3gica adecuada, la infraestructura de datos adecuada que permitir\u00e1 el aprendizaje autom\u00e1tico (ML) en tiempo real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tambi\u00e9n estamos trabajando en los datos en s\u00ed y, por supuesto, buscamos hacer crecer el maravilloso equipo, contratando desarrolladores y m\u00e9dicos de Full Stack a finales de este verano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tambi\u00e9n estamos trabajando en un programa nacional de diabetes para ayudar a las personas que tienen diabetes tipo 2 a controlar esto y, con suerte, salir de la diabetes por completo \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. <strong>\u00bfCu\u00e1les considera que son los mayores logros hasta la fecha?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al principio de mi carrera, en mis d\u00edas de Capital One, realmente pude ayudar a las personas a crecer durante una transici\u00f3n tecnol\u00f3gica y eso fue muy importante para m\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Para m\u00ed, lo que es muy importante es ver a las personas aprender y crecer y luego ver productos que ayuden a los usuarios finales.<\/em><\/p><cite>Ashley Duqu\u00e9 Kienzle<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Mi mayor logro es la combinaci\u00f3n de ambos y cuando fui a Babylon, pude cambiar un equipo, ponerlos detr\u00e1s de una visi\u00f3n, enfoc\u00e1ndolos en 4 meses, lo cual fue incre\u00edble.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Y ahora, aqu\u00ed en Changing Health, ser capaz de solidificar realmente la estrategia del producto, hacer que todos se unan para impulsar los resultados a trav\u00e9s de un viaje personalizado y ayudar a las personas a desarrollarse a trav\u00e9s de eso, es algo que realmente amo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. \u00bfQui\u00e9n es su modelo a seguir profesional?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tengo dos modelos a seguir (sin ning\u00fan orden) cuando pienso en qui\u00e9n ha contribuido realmente a Producto y Dise\u00f1o y estar centrado en el usuario, este ser\u00eda<a href=\"https:\/\/www.producttalk.org\/continuous-discovery\/\"> teresa torez<\/a> en la parte superior de mi lista. Ella acu\u00f1\u00f3 el t\u00e9rmino descubrimiento continuo y describi\u00f3 c\u00f3mo los equipos diversos pueden trabajar en colaboraci\u00f3n con los usuarios finales para generar resultados positivos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mi mam\u00e1 (mam\u00e1 en el Reino Unido) es incre\u00edble y comenz\u00f3 como trabajadora social, luego se mud\u00f3 a Recursos Humanos, donde se fue de Minnesota a Texas con la misi\u00f3n de contratar a m\u00e1s mujeres y minor\u00edas. Como puede imaginar, se enfrent\u00f3 a mucha tensi\u00f3n y rechazo y trabaj\u00f3 muy duro con gran pasi\u00f3n para cambiar la mentalidad y la cultura de las personas. Ella estaba tan apasionada por hacer lo correcto y su compromiso y pasi\u00f3n por cambiar la cultura para mejor y permitir que las mujeres sean escuchadas y tengan una voz realmente me inspir\u00f3 y me prepar\u00f3 para ser como soy ahora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7. \u00bfCu\u00e1les son las mejores cosas de trabajar para Changing Health?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>La pasi\u00f3n. A todos en la empresa les apasiona impulsar los resultados de los usuarios y ayudar a las personas a vivir vidas m\u00e1s saludables y felices. Es lo que nos emociona, nos empuja a dar lo mejor de nosotros: tenemos discusiones constructivas y realmente nos enfocamos en ayudar a las personas a vivir una vida mejor y m\u00e1s saludable.<\/em>  <\/p><cite>Ashley Duqu\u00e9 Kienzle<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Estoy incre\u00edblemente bendecido de que todos mis compa\u00f1eros en Changing Health me traten como un igual y valoren mi aporte. Changing Health como organizaci\u00f3n realmente quiere hacer el bien y defender un cambio positivo que refleje mis valores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8. \u00bfQu\u00e9 consejo le dar\u00eda a un Director de Producto que reci\u00e9n comienza?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lo importante aqu\u00ed es que no se trata de tener raz\u00f3n o de que usted tenga todas las ideas, se trata de tener un equipo diverso a su alrededor y alentarlos a alzar la voz para trabajar juntos para encontrar la soluci\u00f3n adecuada. Esto ser\u00e1 a trav\u00e9s de prueba y error a veces.  <br><br>Tienes que ser humilde para ser un buen l\u00edder de Producto, S\u00cd, ten confianza, pero es una combinaci\u00f3n de cualidades que tienen los mejores l\u00edderes y empresas. Una lectura recomendada de m\u00ed ser\u00eda: Adam Grant, que analiza <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfx.com\/post\/anti-patterns-of-10x-thinking\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=internalshare-pete&amp;utm_source=Firstround.com+Library&amp;utm_campaign=8878f3cd17-amazon&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_d9bb43e05b-8878f3cd17-80046812\">Humildad confiada<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Muchas gracias a Ashley por darnos un adelanto del d\u00eda a d\u00eda de un director de producto. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desde su casa en Barcelona, Ashley habla con Global M sobre el d\u00eda a d\u00eda de una Chief Product Office \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffd<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Global M had the pleasure of talking with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ashleyduquekienzle\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley Duqu\u00e9 Kienzle<\/a> about life as a Chief Product Officer for Changing Health, Barcelona.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.changinghealth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Changing Health<\/a> is focused on enabling people to live happier and healthier lives no matter who or where they are. We do this by delivering adaptable personalized health journeys that support the whole person and are condition agnostic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ashley has previously held roles at the likes of Amazon and Facebook, where she worked on artificial intelligence (AI) products and led a team to tackle significant problem areas. Ashley was appointed Chief Product Officer at Changing Health in 2020 working as part of a skilled and talented exec team to drive health outcomes.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer -->\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:separator {\"color\":\"accent\"} -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-accent-background-color has-accent-color\"\/>\n<!-- \/wp:separator -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer -->\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":4092,\"width\":400,\"height\":340,\"sizeSlug\":\"medium\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"className\":\"is-style-rounded\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img src=\"http:\/\/globalm.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ashley-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4092\" width=\"400\" height=\"340\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From her home in Barcelona, Ashley speaks with Global M about a day-in-the-life of a Chief Product Office \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffd<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer -->\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>1. Ashley, hey! <strong>First off can you tell us a bit about your job &amp; what your company does?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As Chief Product Officer for Changing Health, I work as part of a skilled and talented team to drive better health outcomes. We are helping individuals struggling with different health conditions, change their behaviour to potentially eradicate these conditions and live healthier lives. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Under my remit, I have a variety of different areas such as Tech, UI\/UX, Data, Clinical, and Product. We help people with lifestyle behaviour change and it's really important we are rooted in science so we have clinicians on the team to support this.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I also have on my team User Support looking at the end-user and answering any questions they might have. We also have coaches as part of some of the behavioral change journies and where audiences might require different interventions in order to be effective, the appropriate coach is available. UX Research and UX Design are amongst the wonderful team ensuring we are always user-focused.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>By having a wide swath of Talent with different capabilities, knowledge, and skills, we are able to share ideas and have constructive discussions which enables us to continue building a user-centric product and promote positive behavioral change.<\/em><\/p><cite>Ashley Duqu\u00e9 Kienzle<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<!-- \/wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer -->\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>2. What brought you to the role of Chief Product Officer and what\u2019s your background?<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I have a circuitous background, I actually started out by studying behavioural biology and completed a masters focussing on behaviour change.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After study and a few short stints in communications jobs, I later got into Product. Product Management was a great fit for my background, both from understanding how people make decisions, to how this impacts their choices and how they engage with various technologies. I was really blessed to have worked for Accenture first then Capital One, which was an amazing training ground for me. I was able to develop and learn from strong industry leaders, which enabled me to move on to Amazon.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At Amazon and Facebook, I worked on artificial intelligence products and led a team to tackle significant problem areas. Amazon was a great opportunity for me to follow my passion in data and again at Facebook where I also focused on machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). Going International was one of my personal goals, and having the opportunity to work in the Community Integrity space at Facebook in London was great and opened the doors to my international life.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Later I moved to Babylon, where I led the development of artificial intelligence products to provide remote healthcare and aligned the team of over 40 people around a user and business-driven vision to transform healthcare data and machine learning.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I was exposed to the healthcare system from as early as 6 years of age because of my dad\u2019s diagnosis with ALS and have always been very passionate about Maths and Science and how we could revolutionize the healthcare system. It is one of those industries stuck in the old way, now and certainly in the last couple of years the pace of change has increased.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>It's not just about the product being right but actually, how can we work collaboratively to understand how we provide the most suitable and best product for the end-user.<\/em> <\/p><cite>Ashley Duqu\u00e9 Kienzle<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<!-- \/wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now I am working at Changing Health, where we are focused on behaviour change that if correctly addressed will enable people to prevent, reverse or survive some of the world's most burdensome chronic diseases.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We do this by delivering lifestyle changes that last a lifetime through condition agnostic, personalised digital health journeys that are based on science and data.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer -->\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>3. <strong>So what time does your day start, and what does your typical workday schedule look like?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I am naturally very energetic, rarely sitting down individual \u23f0 usually waking about 6 am and greeted soon after by my beautiful adopted dogos \ud83d\udc15 \ud83d\udc15<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Every morning I make sure I schedule some quiet time, prayer time, journaling, and a bit of meditation. Then of course I take the dogs out for a morning walk (and a must-needed coffee!). After that, it is some form of exercise.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I usually try to book out the first hour of my day, if I can, for writing, reading, and catching up. If I am writing, I do have to do this first thing in the morning or late in the day. I find I am best at editing late so I really try to set this time aside.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Depending on the day, there may be lots of meetings, presentations, and weekly meets. This could be from strategy meetings, seeing where we are, outcomes, etc.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I try to allow myself an hour at the end of the day to wrap things up and really get up to speed with what is happening the next day.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer -->\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>4. <strong>What kind of projects are you working on?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Multiple projects underway and we are raising Series A, so this is a project in itself at the moment. I might be doing VC calls, answering questions, and making sure we are ready for this exciting step.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We have recently hired an amazing CTO in March, who is working with me on ensuring we have the right technology strategy, the right data infrastructure which will enable real-time machine learning (ML).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We are also working on the data itself and of course looking to grow the wonderful team, hiring for Full Stack developers and Clinicians later this summer.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We are also working on a National Diabetes program to help people who have type 2 diabetes manage this and hopefully actually come out from having diabetes altogether \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer -->\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>5. <strong>What do you consider the greatest achievements to date?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Early in my career, in my Capital One days, I really got to help people grow during a technology transition and that was really important to me.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>For me what is super important is seeing people learn and grow and then seeing products out there that help end users.<\/em><\/p><cite>Ashley Duqu\u00e9 Kienzle<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<!-- \/wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My biggest accomplishment is the combination of both this and when I went to Babylon, I was able to turn around a team, get them behind a vision, getting them focused within 4 months\u2014which was amazing.  <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And now here at Changing Health, being able to really solidify the Product strategy, getting everyone coalesced around driving outcomes through a personalized journey, and helping people develop through that, is something I truly love.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer -->\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>6. Who is your professional role model?<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I have two role models (in no order) when I think about who has really contributed to Product and Design and being user-centered, this would be<a href=\"https:\/\/www.producttalk.org\/continuous-discovery\/\"> Teresa Torez<\/a> at the top of my list. She coined the term continuous discovery and outlined how diverse teams can work collaboratively with end-users to drive positive outcomes.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My Mom (mum in the UK), is incredible and started out as a Social worker, later moving into Human Resources where she went from Minnesota to Texas with the mission to hire more minorities and women. As you can imagine she was faced with a lot of tension and push back and worked extremely hard with great passion to change the mindset and culture of people. She was so passionate about doing what was right and her commitment and passion to change the culture for the better and allow women to be heard and have a voice has truly inspired me and set me up for how I am now.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer -->\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>7. What are the best things about working for Changing Health?<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>The passion. Everyone at the company is really passionate about driving user outcomes and helping people live healthier, happier lives. It is what gets us excited, pushes us to do our best\u2014we have constructive discussions, and just really focus on helping people live better and healthier lives.<\/em>  <\/p><cite>Ashley Duqu\u00e9 Kienzle<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<!-- \/wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I am incredibly blessed that all my peers at Changing Health treat me as an equal and value my input. Changing Health as an organisation really wants to do good and stand up for positive change which mirrors my values.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer -->\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>8. What piece of advice would you give to a Chief Product Officer starting out?<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The important thing here is, it is not about being right or about you having all the ideas, it is about getting a diverse team around you and encouraging them to elevate their voice to work together to find the right solution. This will be through trial and error at times.  <br><br>You have to be humble to be a good Product leader, YES be confident but it is a combination of qualities that the best leaders and companies have. A recommended read from me would be - Adam Grant which discusses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfx.com\/post\/anti-patterns-of-10x-thinking\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=internalshare-pete&amp;utm_source=Firstround.com+Library&amp;utm_campaign=8878f3cd17-amazon&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_d9bb43e05b-8878f3cd17-80046812\">Confident Humility<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer -->\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A huge thank you to Ashley for giving us a sneak peak into the day-in-the-life of a Chief Product Officer. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:block {\"ref\":152} \/-->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-4067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-day-in-the-life","tag-previouswebsite"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalm.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalm.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalm.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalm.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalm.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4067"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/globalm.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6942,"href":"https:\/\/globalm.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067\/revisions\/6942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalm.io\/es\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalm.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalm.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalm.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4067"}],"curies":[{"name":"gracias","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}