Chill Labs is a boutique consultancy helping companies think strategically, solve business problems, and streamline operations utilizing Product Management, Software Engineering principles and AI. Combining a decade of experience running complex, globally distributed software products with expertise in product discovery, user research, and strategy, Chill Labs helps companies build products that users want and do so in a way that supports growth and scale. Dina Levitan, Founder and Principal at Chill Labs, based out of Seattle, WA, brings over 15 years of experience as a product and technical leader ranging from startups to companies like Google.
She Built 20 AI Agents. She's Never Written a Line of Code.
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Hi Reader, What happens when a leadership development consultant who's never written code decides to automate her entire PhD? Nathalie Salles spent her career in human development at Facebook and Google, coaching leaders and scaling talent programs. Now she's doing a PhD on AI, workplace, and gender. And somewhere along the way, she became a builder. What we covered:
Key takeaway: Nathalie didn't wait until she felt ready. She didn't take a course first. She picked the hardest tool she could find and spent six weeks living and breathing it. The result wasn't just a better literature review. It was a completely new professional identity. One question for you: What would you build if you stopped waiting to feel technical enough? 🎧 Listen to the full episode​ Connect with Nathalie: LinkedIn​ Enjoying the podcast? A quick rating or review helps more people find these conversations. Pick your platform: ​YouTube | Apple Podcasts | Spotify​ Let's Chillaborate, Dina Founder, Chill Labs PS: Know someone who thinks they're "not technical enough" to build with AI? Forward this to them. Nathalie's story might change their mind. 💙 |
Chill Labs
Chill Labs is a boutique consultancy helping companies think strategically, solve business problems, and streamline operations utilizing Product Management, Software Engineering principles and AI. Combining a decade of experience running complex, globally distributed software products with expertise in product discovery, user research, and strategy, Chill Labs helps companies build products that users want and do so in a way that supports growth and scale. Dina Levitan, Founder and Principal at Chill Labs, based out of Seattle, WA, brings over 15 years of experience as a product and technical leader ranging from startups to companies like Google.
MIT Museum exhibit panel titled "Competitive or Collaborative?" arguing AI should augment people, not replace them. Hi Reader, The senior leaders I work with all hit the same wall with AI. They give it a half-formed instruction. They expect it to back-fill the context, infer what they really need, ask one or two sharp questions, and come back with something they'd actually use. Because that's how it works with a smart team. You say "can you take a pass at this?" and a good engineer or PM or...
Hi Reader, Every week I talk to a new AI builder. They show me something they built in a weekend. It's actually impressive. Then I ask: "who's using it?" And it gets quiet. What I'm Noticing It's the same conversation, four or five times a month now. A PM built an internal tool that summarizes customer calls. A founder shipped an agent that drafts proposals. A consultant put together a prompt library her clients could use. The builds are good. The demos are smooth. The energy is real. Then I...
Hi Reader, Brooke Wright is on a mission to teach 10,000 women how to use AI by 2026. She doesn't have a tech background. And she runs Wright Mode, a thriving AI strategy practice for women founders and small business owners. What we covered: The Brain Buddy custom GPT she built so her to-do list feeds her one task at a time instead of all at once Her client (a coach) who sold 3,000 copies of a custom GPT at $37 each, reaching people she could never have coached one-on-one The reframe that...