The OODA loop is the cycle ''observe–orient–decide–act'', developed by

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and

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Colonel John Boyd. Boyd applied the concept to the

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, often at the operational level during military campaigns. It is now also often applied to understand commercial operations and learning processes. The approach explains how agility can overcome raw power in dealing with human opponents. It is especially applicable to cyber security and cyberwarfare. The OODA loop has become an important concept in

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, business,

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, management education, and

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. According to Boyd,

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occurs in a recurring cycle of observe–orient–decide–act. An entity (whether an individual or an organization) that can process this cycle quickly, observing and reacting to unfolding events more rapidly than an opponent, can thereby "get inside" the opponent's decision cycle and gain the advantage.

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* * Boyd, John, R.
The Essence of Winning and Losing, 28 June 1995
a five slide set by Boyd. * * Greene, Robert
''OODA and You''
* Hillaker, Harry, ''Code one magazine''

Retired, Father of the F16"], July 1997. * Linger, Henry, ''Constructing The Infrastructure for the Knowledge Economy: Methods and Tools, Theory and Practice'', p. 449 * Metayer, Estelle
''Decision making: It's all about taking off – and landing safely…''
Competia, December 2011 * Osinga, Frans,
Science, Strategy and War The Strategic Theory of John Boyd
* Richards, Chet, ''Certain to Win: the Strategy of John Boyd, Applied to Business'' (2004) * Ullman, David G.

'"OO-OO-OO!” The Sound of a Broken OODA Loop''], Crosstalk, April 2007

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Archived documents

Video: The OODA Loop and Clausewitzian "Friction"
* Bazin, A. (2005)
"Boyd's OODA Loop and the Infantry Company Commander"
''Infantry Magazine''. * OODA Loop 2.0: Information, Not Agility, Is Lif
OODA Loop 2.0: Information, Not Agility, Is Life
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