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Coordination debt in large organizations

How accumulated ambiguity across ownership, decisions, communication, information, platforms, and governance slows execution at enterprise scale.

Framework-based analysisMay 26, 2026By Chad Stewart7 min read

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Executive summary

Coordination debt accumulates when unresolved operating model ambiguity becomes normal work. The debt appears as extra meetings, stalled decisions, manual handoffs, duplicated tools, and governance workarounds.

Core thesis

Large organizations often lose speed because they keep paying interest on unclear ownership, decisions, information, platforms, and controls.

What LPM diagnoses

LPM treats coordination debt as a layered operating model pattern.

  • Where accountability is assumed but not assigned.
  • Where decisions age or get reopened.
  • Where communication volume replaces clarity.
  • Where information is duplicated or distrusted.
  • Where platforms fragment workflow and context.
  • Where governance creates delay or misses real risk.

Current evidence status

This is published framework analysis. Benchmarks and mini-data studies are planned to test the recurring patterns.

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