The Coordination Tax podcast — hosted by Kristian Luoma

The Coordination Tax Podcast

Why execution breaks when shared reality lags behind.

Conversations with operators, founders, and leaders who've lived the reality of keeping organizations aligned. Not consultants who theorize about it — people who've watched coordination break, rebuilt systems, and felt the pain of teams working on conflicting priorities.

Hosted by Kristian Luoma, Co-Founder & Head of Product at In Parallel. From Helsinki, Finland.

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The Coordination Tax — Robert E. Siegel on the hidden cost of leading, cross-pressures, and context
Leadership Insights ·

The Hidden Cost of Leading: Robert Siegel on AI, cross-pressures, and outdated leadership playbooks

Robert E. Siegel — XSeed Capital partner, Stanford GSB lecturer, and author of The Systems Leader — on the hidden cost of coordination, why truth equals facts plus context, and why the managers using AI the most carry the heaviest coordination load.

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Jeroen Kraaijenbrink — Why the CEO Is the Last to Know

Strategy author Jeroen Kraaijenbrink on why CEOs are the last to know — how truth travels sideways but never up, why only 1% of employees feel safe voicing concerns, and the PACE framework for the honesty a strategy needs before it's written.
The Coordination Tax — Jason Barnaby on the golden spreadsheet in the locked drawer
Strategy Execution ·

Jason Barnaby — The Golden Spreadsheet in the Locked Drawer

Fractional sales leader Jason Barnaby on the golden spreadsheet in the locked drawer — why one person hoards the data a company runs on, why the $20M pipeline is really $10M, and the one hire that fixes it.
The Coordination Tax — Jim Fielding on Disney Store, Fox, and what really happens inside big companies
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The Honest Picture: Jim Fielding on Disney Store, Fox, and what really happens inside big companies

Jim Fielding — former President of Disney Stores Worldwide, CEO of Claire’s, and President of Consumer Products & Innovation at 20th Century Fox — on what actually keeps big organizations honest about what’s happening.
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