The feedback economy
20.05.12
The most important part of this loop isn't included in the OODA acronym, however. It's the fact that it's a loop . The results of earlier actions feed back into later, hopefully wiser, ones. Over time, the fighter "gets inside" their opponent's loop, outsmarting and outmaneuvering them. The system learns.
Boyd's genius was to realize that winning requires two things: being able to collect and analyze information better, and being able to act on that information faster, incorporating what's learned into the next iteration. Today, what Boyd learned in a cockpit applies to nearly everything we do.
Data-obese, digital-fast
In our always-on lives we're flooded with cheap, abundant information. We need to capture and analyze it well, separating digital wheat from digital chaff, identifying meaningful undercurrents while ignoring meaningless social flotsam. Clay Johnson argues that we need to go on an information diet , and makes a good case for conscious consumption. In an era of information obesity, we need to eat better. There's a reason they call it a feed, after all.
Source: O'Reilly Radar