Women in CPG Coffee Chat: Career Pivots and Non-Linear Paths

Women in CPG Coffee Chat: Career Pivots and Non-Linear Paths
Friday, October 16th
8:00–8:50 am MT
Virtual

Join us for our October Women in CPG Coffee Chat, a facilitated virtual gathering designed to create space for honest conversation about the career paths that brought us here — wherever “here” happens to be.

This month’s theme is one that resonates with a lot of women in this industry: the non-linear path.

The CPG ecosystem draws people from everywhere — food science and finance, retail and restaurants, entrepreneurship and corporate careers, and plenty of places in between. Many of us have made pivots, navigated uncertainty, and ended up somewhere we didn’t originally plan. Those stories are worth telling.

We’ll explore questions like:

What’s a pivot or transition that shaped the way you work or think?

What did you have to unlearn — or learn quickly — when you shifted directions?

What would you tell someone standing at a similar crossroads?

Through guided prompts and small breakout groups of 3–4, you’ll have space to share your own path and hear from others who’ve navigated their own versions of change. There’s no single right way to build a career, and this conversation is proof of that.

This is not a webinar or panel. Think of it as a focused Friday morning coffee with peers where conversation flows both ways and everyone participates.

We’ll continue the optional Resource Exchange (“offers + asks”), creating space for warm introductions, referrals, hiring support, vendor recommendations, and other ways to support one another beyond the conversation.

Whether you’re building a brand, advising clients, leading a team, or figuring out what’s next, you’re welcome here.

Come as you are, coffee in hand.

Hosted by: Susan Fecko (Black Dog Studio) and Kara Janowsky (Sonder Accounting)