Andrea Golding

Canceling noise intentionally is one of the most underrated skills in a scale-up. This episode explores how notifications, recurring meetings, and constant digital pings quietly destroy focus, quality, and sanity. From turning off Slack and email notifications to radically questioning calendar clutter, this episode challenges the default ways we work and makes the case for protecting deep focus time.

Urgency is everywhere in a scale-up—but not everything is urgent. This episode of The Chaos of Scale, explores why constant urgency fuels burnout, poor decisions, and adrenaline-driven work. Learn how to build urgency immunity, Pause for Quality, and protect focus, energy, and sanity while navigating growth.

Team or family? Which culture are you driving, and why?