Saturday, February 08, 2003

Boyd - The Man and His Ideas by Grant Hammond "Boyd begins with the premise that the business of life is life" "For Boyd, the concept of moral leverage is critical to one’s strategy of conflict. Without an understanding of how to minimize our friction and increase that of our adversary in a moral-mental-physical sense, we are not likely to be victorious and hence, survive and prosper. People must believe in the cause that they fight for, must affirm what it is they stand and die for, must seek to live for some higher good or goal than merely themselves. Knowing merely what they are against, the negative motivation of hate, revenge or retribution is insufficient to galvanize a society to win a compelling victory and institute a lasting peace. Such notions may be far removed from the considerations of many, but Boyd is philosopher as well as a tactician, a strategist with a conscience, whose view of conflict and war makes room for, indeed could not exist without, concern for moral leverage as well as physical force." Boyd has so many disciples who write well about him - here is Grant Hammond's introduction to his life and to his ideas - a good starting point if you want to know more 3:57:32 PM    comment []

OODA - Boyd and the True Meaning of Customer focus and Innovation Chester Richards shows us how OODA really works in Business. He shows us the deeper meaning of being Customer Focused; of Innovation and Defending your Market. He shows how using OODA helps you see into the mindset aspect of these issues. How to become intertwined with your customer so that you know them as you know yourself. How to see Innovation not as a new product but as a method of taking the market initiative. How to see that the only good market defense is an offensive that destabilizes your opponent. 1:48:49 PM    comment []

John Boyd - The Best Review of the OODA Loop there is There is a lot available that will describe the OODA Loop - This is the outstanding review 9:40:16 AM    comment []

Open Source is Going Mainstream The trend is in - even Microsoft admit that they have a concern about the growing corporate acceptance of Open Source Software. If this is a reality then surely Communities of Interest such as those that have grown up at Macromedia will be become the essential process for staying current? 8:11:56 AM    comment []