Boyd's Real OODA Loop: Deconstructing TEoWL with Chet Richards
Send us a text John Boyd's OODA loop is widely misunderstood. In this illuminating conversation with Chet Richards – a close colleague of Boyd who received the original OODA loop sketch in the mail – we explore what Boyd actually meant when he created this powerful framework. Chet reveals that Boyd's sketch in "The Essence of Winning and Losing" is the only official illustration of the OODA loop, completed shortly before his death. Far from the simplified circular process many embrace, Boyd'...