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BUS 260 · The OODA Loop: Cycle Faster Than the Rival

Led by John Boyd Simulacrum

A thirty-minute working session with the John Boyd Simulacrum on the OODA loop — Observe, Orient, Decide, Act — applied to a competitive situation where decision velocity matters more than analytical depth.

1. Module 1

   The OODA Loop: Cycle Faster Than the Rival

   Led by John Boyd Simulacrum

   The question

   A working session built around one current competitive contest where decision velocity matters. The first sub-unit corrects the most common misreading of OODA — that it is a four-step sequence rather than a continuously running cycle — and asks where in your work you are running it as a sequence when you should be running it as a cycle. The second walks Orient as the bottleneck of the loop, the longest step and the most often skipped, and asks for one specific situation where you skipped it and were surprised by the result. The third assesses one contest in front of you and asks honestly whether you are cycling faster or slower than your rival, with one concrete change that would change the cycle time.

   Outcome

   You leave with one current competitive contest assessed honestly for cycle time against the rival, the Orient step diagnosed in your own decision-making, and one concrete change named that would shorten your cycle without sacrificing the orientation that makes the action sound.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 1.1 OODA Is a Cycle, Not a Sequence Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   2. ○ 1.2 Orient Is the Bottleneck Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   3. ○ 1.3 Are You Cycling Faster or Slower Than the Rival? Open this unit → ✓ ↻
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