People sometimes talk about the OODA loop like it is a framework for action that you should adopt.
Another way to think about it is that the OODA loop is just the de facto framework of action.
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You could also view this from the flip side: Is there a time when you might be vulnerable and you do not wish to be?
A trivial example: When I walk through a blind doorway or walk past a blind corner, I take a half step instead of a full step. I don't want to run into someone, and I don't want to anyone to run into me, so I step my back foot up to my front foot, but not past it. This gives me half a beat to evaluate the situation.
I do something similar at stoplights: I try to slow down as I go through an intersection, to allow more time for reaction.
> Another way to think about it is that the OODA loop is just the de facto framework of action.
Yes. The gains come from being able to go through the parts of the loop faster. Two classic Boyd examples from air combat in the Korean war were that US jets had fewer blind spots (Observe) and quicker controls (Act) [1].
Another way to think about it is that the OODA loop is just the de facto framework of action.
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You could also view this from the flip side: Is there a time when you might be vulnerable and you do not wish to be?
A trivial example: When I walk through a blind doorway or walk past a blind corner, I take a half step instead of a full step. I don't want to run into someone, and I don't want to anyone to run into me, so I step my back foot up to my front foot, but not past it. This gives me half a beat to evaluate the situation.
I do something similar at stoplights: I try to slow down as I go through an intersection, to allow more time for reaction.