Mindsets and Character A Boyd Refresher

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Mindsets and CharacterA Boyd Refresher

• Chet Richards
• Boyd 2008December 6, 2008Prince Edward Island,
  Canada

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The OODA Loop Sketch
Observe
Orient
Decide
Act
ImplicitGuidance Control
ImplicitGuidance Control
UnfoldingCircumstances
Observations
Action(Test)
FeedForward
OutsideInformation
UnfoldingInteractionWithEnvironment
UnfoldingInteractionWithEnvironment
Feedback
Note how orientation shapes observation, shapes
decision, shapes action, and in turn is shaped by
the feedback and other phenomena coming into our
sensing or observing window. Also note how the
entire loop (not just orientation) is an
ongoing many-sided implicit cross-referencing
process of projection, empathy, correlation, and
rejection.
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Orientation is key, but what about groups?

• Using the tools of common outlook, Schwerpunkt,
  and Auftragstaktik, we can convert a bunch of
  individual orientations

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Common orientation

• Into a harmonized common orientation

as if
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This allows us to redefine command and control
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decrease the amount of command and control we
need. USMC MCDP 6
Doctrine
Experience
Mission
Values
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Put another way

• Key Points
• When youre doing OODA loops right,accuracy
  and speed improve together they dont trade off.
• The main function of leadership is to build an
  organization that gets better and better at these
  things.