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The Hidden Cost of Leading: Robert Siegel on AI, cross-pressures, and outdated leadership playbooks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