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Build Without Chaos

Podcast door Colleen Goepfert

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Build Without Chaos is hosted by Colleen Goepfert, a tech executive and GTM leader. Each episode features candid conversations with founders, executives, public figures, and change makers about building with clarity, scaling without burnout, and navigating change with resilience. No playbooks. No posturing. Just sharp perspective, quiet authority, and the truth behind what it takes to build in a way that lasts.

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aflevering After Urgency: How Leadership Evolves with Danny Speros artwork

After Urgency: How Leadership Evolves with Danny Speros

This episode marks the start of Season 2 of Build Without Chaos, focused on what happens after urgency stops being a sustainable operating model. In this episode, Colleen Goepfert talks with Danny Speros from Automation Anywhere about what leadership looks like once urgency is no longer driving the pace of the business. Danny has spent his career inside high-growth environments navigating scale, shifting priorities, and the gap between internal reality and external narrative. In this conversation, he shares what leaders have to unlearn after operating in constant urgency and what it takes to rebuild clarity without losing momentum. This episode explores how pressure reshapes decision-making, why sustained urgency breaks teams over time, and how leadership evolves when growth is no longer driven by speed alone. What We Discuss: * The hidden cost of operating in constant urgency * Why “everything is important” leads to long-term burnout * The shift from risk-taking to security in today’s market * What leaders have to unlearn as they grow * The gap between internal reality and external company narrative * How to prioritize effectively in chaotic environments Why This Episode Resonates: This episode is for operators, leaders, and executives navigating the transition out of high-growth intensity into a more sustainable phase of building. If you’ve experienced the strain of constant urgency or are rethinking how to lead in today’s environment, this conversation offers a grounded perspective on what actually holds up over time. Connect: Website: buildwithoutchaos.com Colleen Goepfert: linkedin.com/in/colleengoepfert Danny Speros: linkedin.com/in/dannysperos

12 mei 2026 - 37 min
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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 matters more than tactics and when knowing what not to scale is just as important as knowing how to grow. What We Discuss: • Why traditional growth playbooks did not apply in this category• Trust as a constraint to scale, not a byproduct of it• Choosing credibility over speed in emotionally charged markets• Founder-led storytelling versus paid scale• Slowing growth intentionally to protect clinical quality• Leading mission-driven and market-driven teams at the same time• Letting go of perfectionism in high growth environments Why This Episode Matters: This episode is for operators, marketing leaders, founders, and executives building in complex or high-stakes categories where getting it wrong can do real damage. If you are navigating growth without a clear template or questioning whether the usual rules apply, this conversation offers perspective grounded in experience, not theory. Connect: Website: buildwithoutchaos.com Colleen Goepfert: linkedin.com/in/colleengoepfert Emily Jordan: linkedin.com/in/emilyjordangargas-mba/

27 jan 2026 - 33 min
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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 now. In this episode: * Why urgency is often confused with effectiveness * How speed without clarity creates noise, not momentum * What breaks when everything is treated as critical * Why calm is becoming the leadership standard, not an alternative style Calm is not slow. It is how leaders handle complexity at scale.

31 dec 2025 - 7 min
aflevering Order in the Storm: How Leaders Create Clarity in Chaos with Ivo van den Brand artwork

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 • Managing the internal voice and reframing imposter syndrome • Keeping teams focused during constant transition Connect with Colleen: buildwithoutchaos.com linkedin.com/in/colleengoepfert Connect with Ivo: linkedin.com/in/ivovandenbrand

18 nov 2025 - 35 min
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