Tools for thought in your OODA loop - by Gordon Brander
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The unreasonable effectiveness of getting oriented
How does a fighter pilot win a dogfight? If you’re the world’s best dogfighter, you do it like this: Boyd’s OODA loop. This diagram is how John Boyd explained his ability to win any dogfight in under 40 seconds. Observe: sense your environment Orient: make sense of your senses by constructing a world-model Decide: translate your model into a plan Act: do something to effect a change …Your actions cause direct changes to your environment, and ripple effects too. This feeds back into observation. A loop. There are other loops in this diagram, too. Your mental model—how you…
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