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The OODA Loop in the Age of AI: Why the Orientation Gap Is Your Biggest Risk
For decades, the strategic edge belonged to leaders who could move through the Observe-Orient-Decide-Act (OODA) cycle faster than their competitors. That framework, developed by U.S. Air Force Colonel John Boyd in the 1970s, became one of the most enduring models for competitive decision-making in both military and business contexts (Boyd, 1976). The premise was straightforward: the side that cycles through observation, orientation, decision, and action most rapidly gains an
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Facing the New Sansdemic
In 2014, Harry Dent, an economic forecaster, wrote a powerful book called The Demographic Cliff that described how in the mid-20’s the US...
Aug 13, 202110 min read


Confronting Pattern Recognition and Embracing Diversity
In business and many industries, we create patterns to reduce errors and standardize production. However this same behavior, when taken...
Jul 23, 20219 min read


Diving Deeper Into Logic and Learning Through Adversity
Episode #1015: Learn how to unravel emotion with logic and confront assumptions to achieve results in a conversation with Katherine...
May 12, 20215 min read


The Executive Coach that dared ask ‘What if?’
Episode #1001: Celebrating the life and contribution of Richard Bosworth, Founder of What if? Forums (UK). Follow the journey that took...
Jan 7, 20217 min read
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