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Boyd as in John Boyd. You seem to have interesting...

2009-04-22T11:14:00.000+03:00

Boyd as in John Boyd. You seem to have interesting blog, have read some more. Your post about recon pull seemed interesting and warrants troughout reading.

Happy to find you today. Boyd as in Boid or anoth...

2009-04-21T14:34:00.000+03:00

Happy to find you today. Boyd as in Boid or another Boyd?

That might be so. One purpose of this blog, at lea...

2008-12-15T08:40:00.000+02:00

That might be so. One purpose of this blog, at least for me as a non-native English speaker is to give venue where I can write in English, in order to improve my writing skills.

you need some writing lessons

2008-12-03T01:33:00.000+02:00

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I made a videocast review of The Logical Thinking ...

2008-11-26T13:50:00.000+02:00

I made a videocast review of The Logical Thinking Process. It's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXXCclDakE

The short version of the review is: I liked the book a lot.

I liked Strategic Navigation too, mainly because it is the book that got me hooked on Boyd. SKI recommended the book, I read it, read Boyd's original presentations, and found that Boyd framed ideas that had been slopping around in my head for years. More than 25 years of working and studying, and suddenly the pieces fit!

I had been searching for a common language that can be used at all levels in an organization. I found that language in the OODA concept, and in Boyd's idea of strategy as a game of interaction and isolation.

On the other hand, Strategic Navigation is heavier reading than the TLTP book. The strategic theory isn't all Boyd. Bill has moved closer to Boyd's ideas since 2003, when Strategic Navigation was published. This shows in the TLTP book.

For the past year I have been working on a Strategic Navigation book of my own, with Bill's blessing of course. I am emphasizing Boyd's ideas a lot. One thing I have spent a lot of effort on is applying Boyd's IOHAI concept to business organizations.

I'm writing the final chapter right now, about organizational change. It is amazing what happens when you take Boyd's insights, Dettmer's TLTP, and apply it to theories of change. Suddenly you realize change efforts must have all the elements of maneuver conflict: fast OODA loops, a network based change organization, bundles of coordinated moral-mental-physical attacks using the principles of interaction and isolation...

Hi,Sorry about the acronym dropping. The post is a...

2008-11-26T13:10:00.000+02:00

Hi,

Sorry about the acronym dropping. The post is an excerpt from an email to the rather specialized cmsig (Constraints Management Interest Group).

There would have been fewer acronyms if I hadn't been so upset when I wrote the thing. I had been looking around the Internet for information about the crisis, and specifically constructive advice for business organizations.

The only things I found were a lot of attempts to explain the crisis, articles about where to pin the blame, and only one article about what to do.

The article about what to do contained advice on how to fire people, and that pushed me just a little bit over the edge.

I realize it is sometimes necessary to fire people to reduce operating expenses, but I do believe it should be a last resort, not the first thing managers think of.

I'll try to bring a little order in the acronym soup, but it will be awhile. I'll probably do it in a webcast, and those take a bit of time to script and shoot.

It probably depends a lot of the nature of the pro...

2008-09-14T19:27:00.000+03:00

It probably depends a lot of the nature of the problem. It should also be considered that action might be wrong and what would that mean. If your wrong action derails you badly, you might not have enough time to recover until it's too late. Sometimes your wrong action is not that big deal and trying out is the fastest and most efficient way to find a solution. Adapting through action is solving problems by trial and error without understanding. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. The important thing is to understand the situation.

In my opinion people use trial and error approach too much. They fight the same problems all the time without finding a way out because they don't care to seek understanding. Then again, that might be the best way to deal with everyday problems because it's so common. I don't know. I prefer understanding, propably because of my personality.

I think that people who lead nations and big corporations shouldn't just do something and see what happens but know what they are doing or at least try. What we are doing right here is seeking understanding which is a way to predict future on a small scale.

The secret is that there is no secret. There are u...

2008-07-13T06:28:00.000+03:00

The secret is that there is no secret. There are universal truths but there are not universal solutions. Many wise men express necessary conditions to winning but their sufficiency is a function of the environment. O-O-D-A will help but does not guarantee victory.

Would like to attend, but not actually 'in the nei...

2008-06-12T07:45:00.000+03:00

Would like to attend, but not actually 'in the neighborhood' :)

Just a short note as I head to Detroit to share my...

2008-06-11T19:30:00.000+03:00

Just a short note as I head to Detroit to share my love of Boyd's work:

http://consultski.blogspot.com/2008/05/quality-expo-detroit-june-11-12-2008.html

There is time to register if you are in the neighborhood...

I will offer the presentation on my blog when I return.

-ski

P.S. I still get a fair number of hits from this reference. Thanks.

From what I'm hearing, that's a pretty interesting...

2008-06-04T14:17:00.000+03:00

From what I'm hearing, that's a pretty interesting book.

Dr. Kosonen used to be a guest lecturer at Helsinki University of Technology's business strategy classes - good stuff, unfortunately I seem to have misplaced my lecture notes from back then, would have been interesting to check if there are anything resembling maneuver strategies!

I'd contribute.

2008-05-26T06:51:00.000+03:00

I'd contribute.

Is is really? What if everyone else is focused on ...

2008-03-07T09:41:00.000+02:00

Is is really? What if everyone else is focused on predicting and you are focused on acting faster? Who wins when prediction goes wrong?

In my opinion action is infinitely better than prediction. Trying to predict better just justifies not touching your sub-bar processes, which deliver the value.

I think predicting is one crucial part of fast rea...

2008-03-07T00:11:00.000+02:00

I think predicting is one crucial part of fast reaction. You might not know exactly what is coming but you can have a hunch of the nature of the change and prepare accordingly. One aspect of orientation (as in OODA-loop) is understanding what you see and realizing its consequences. When things start to change completely unpredictably you are usually the one who is behind in the loop.