OSD On The Doom Loop
Wiggins nailed the Doom Loop to the OODA Loop a while ago and I simply forgot to point it out.
As Chet Richards has eloquently described, the same organizational characteristics that allow effective military forces to operate within an adversary’s OODA loop can allow private companies to successfully innovate and profit in the market. Both need to be relentlessly focused upon reality and results, both need to find ways to harness the passions of individuals, and both depend upon self-motivated people. The overall focus needs to be on finding the best answers, not on winning a debate or proving that the CEO or General was right all along.
Absolutely. Along the same lines: There is a reason the private and public sector’s thinking is tied together. The time for different rulesets (if there was one) is over.
-Shlok
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