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Colleen Goepfert
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Build Without Chaos
When the Playbook Doesn't Apply
In this episode of Build Without Chaos, Colleen Goepfert talks with Emily Jordan from Midi about what it takes to scale in a category where trust is fragile and standard growth playbooks fall short.Emily stepped into Midi at a moment when the women’s health market was loud, emotionally charged, and moving fast. Rather than defaulting to familiar B2B or B2C tactics, she made deliberate choices around pace, credibility, and restraint. Those decisions shaped how Midi grew, protected trust, and built momentum without sacrificing care.This conversation explores what happens when judgment ma...
2026-01-27
33 min
Build Without Chaos
Calm is Not Slow
Calm is often mistaken for hesitation, especially in high pressure, high growth environments where urgency is rewarded and speed is treated as performance.In this solo episode, Colleen examines why that framing is wrong.Drawing from real operating experience, she explains how urgency culture quietly erodes trust, decision quality, and long term momentum, and why calm leadership is not the absence of pressure but the discipline that allows pressure to be useful.This is not a case study or a how to.It is a reframing of what serious leadership looks like...
2025-12-31
07 min
Build Without Chaos
Order in the Storm: How Leaders Create Clarity in Chaos with Ivo van den Brand
In this episode of Build Without Chaos, Colleen Goepfert sits down with Ivo van den Brand, former Global CMO of Too Good To Go, to explore how leaders bring clarity and structure to a fast-scaling, mission driven organization.Ivo led marketing across 17 countries and more than 160 marketers. He shares what it took to create alignment, focus, and operational excellence inside a team that was growing fast and feeling the strain.What We Discuss:• Creating order inside a decentralized, emotionally invested culture• How to restructure without losing trust• Vulnerability as a leadership advantage• M...
2025-11-18
35 min
Build Without Chaos
The Operators Who Opt Out - with Andrew Garrihy, Global CMO turned CMO Coach
Some leaders chase scale. Others redefine it.Colleen Goepfert sits with Andrew Garrihy, who served as Global CMO at four major companies before stepping away from the executive track to focus on coaching and conscious leadership.This conversation explores what happens when operators stop optimizing for velocity and start building for longevity — in business, leadership, and life.In this episode, we talk with Andrew Garrihy — The CMO Coach, an international marketing leader and executive coach who helps CMOs lead with clarity, confidence, and courage. Learn more at The CMO Coach.
2025-10-26
40 min
Build Without Chaos
The Take Down and the Step Back: Power, Perspective, and Living Beyond Work
What really happens when women leaders rise to the top? Shannon Nutter joins host Colleen Goepfert on Build Without Chaos to share insights from her upcoming book, drawn from candid interviews with dozens of executives. Together, they explore how power and scrutiny collide in leadership, what it means to face “the take down,” and why awareness of organizational dynamics reshapes influence. This episode is about women in leadership, navigating career pivots, and making time for what actually matters.
2025-09-30
32 min
Build Without Chaos
From the Front Line to the Spotlight
In this short reflection, Colleen Goepfert connects the dots between recent Build Without Chaos conversations. From what chaos feels like on the front lines, where it’s experienced most immediately, to the pressures leaders face when they’re in the spotlight, this interlude frames the larger arc of Season 1.What does chaos feel like in daily roles? How does it change when visibility amplifies the pressure? And what patterns emerge when stories that usually stay behind closed doors are finally surfaced?This brief episode sets the stage for what’s ahead: a deeper look at resili...
2025-09-12
02 min
Build Without Chaos
Tales From the Front Lines
What’s it really like on the front lines of growth and chaos?In Episode 6 of Build Without Chaos, Colleen Goepfert sits down with Angela Dulavoy to share candid stories from agency life, hyper-growth, and corporate pivots. From 36-hour website launches in New York City to navigating constant org changes at Salesforce, Angela reveals how chaos gets normalized in business and how leaders can build resilience, set boundaries, and find clarity under pressure.Whether you’re a marketing leader, founder, or operator, this episode will resonate if you’ve ever asked yourself: how do we...
2025-09-02
29 min
Build Without Chaos
The World Is on Fire. The Real Work Is Staying Whole.
This episode wasn’t planned—but it needed to be said.When the world feels louder, faster, and more unrecognizable, staying human is the real work. In this solo reflection, host Colleen Goepfert explores what it means to lead with clarity in the midst of ambient chaos, constant change, and uncertainty.You’ll hear insights on:Why urgency is not a strategyHow to practice quiet accountability when everything feels noisyWhat calm leadership really looks like under pressureNext episode, we continue with a guest who chose...
2025-08-12
05 min
Build Without Chaos
Calm Is Contagious: Leading Without Losing Yourself
What happens when calm becomes the culture?In this episode of Build Without Chaos, host Colleen Goepfert sits down with Lyndsey Corona, a seasoned marketing leader who spent years inside high-pressure agency life—fast deadlines, urgent clients, nonstop demands.Everything shifted when she began leading from a different place: one grounded in meditation, stillness, and presence.Together, we talk about:The cost of always being “on” in work and leadershipHow stoicism reshaped her relationship to pressureWhat it looks like to lead without feeding the fireW...
2025-07-19
23 min
Build Without Chaos
Leaving the Chaos Without Losing Your Edge
What happens when the chaos ends—but your body is still bracing?In this solo episode of Build Without Chaos, host Colleen Goepfert reflects on what it’s really like to return to a city, a home, and a role that no longer run on survival mode.We explore:Why high-stakes environments reward over-functioningHow toxic leadership shapes your sharpnessThe hidden cost of adapting to chaosWhat it takes to lead, build, and show up after the adrenaline fadesThis episode is for anyone who’...
2025-07-09
08 min
Build Without Chaos
When Urgency Stops Working
What happens when the ambition that once fueled you starts to feel misaligned?In this episode of Build Without Chaos, host Colleen Goepfert sits down with Caryne Say to explore how high-performing leaders navigate identity shifts, purpose recalibration, and the quiet pull toward more meaningful work.Caryne shares what it looked like to walk away from urgency—not with chaos, but with clarity.We cover:Over-functioning as a survival skillFeeling disoriented after “doing everything right”Finding alignment through purpose-driven, social impact rolesIf you’ve ever...
2025-06-26
28 min
Build Without Chaos
Why I Stopped Building Inside Chaos
When everything looks successful on paper—but something still feels off behind the scenes—you start asking different questions.In this solo episode of Build Without Chaos, host Colleen Goepfert shares the turning point that made her stop operating on urgency and start building with clarity and precision.This reflection is for leaders who’ve experienced chaos in growth, toxic urgency, or high-stakes environments—and are done replicating it.🎧 Build Without Chaos is a podcast for leaders, founders, and operators who want to scale growth without burning out. Hosted by Colleen Goepfert.
2025-06-02
01 min