OodaLoop

Context : FourthGenerationWar, Read with : WorldsWithinWheels

The Observe-Orient-Decide-Act loop. The cycle of decision making.

JohnBoyd says you have to move fast enough to get inside the OODA loop of the enemy.

See also :

• WilliamLind : Exactly how the OODA Loop works in Fourth Generation conflicts remains an open question; it is possible that Fourth Generation forces can out-cycle state armed forces not by being faster, but by moving so slowly that they are unobservable.

: http://www.d-n-i.net/lind/lind110_06.htm

(I wonder if "too slow to be unobservable" is more like FifthGenerationWar)

• http://www.belisarius.com/modernbusinessstrategy/richards/ridingthetiger/tiger.htm

Compare :

• http://www.infoq.com/articles/Agile-Business-Rules-Taylor
• Accelerationism
• InternetEconomicsLoop