You are too slow
Speed is the ultimate weapon. Use John Boyd’s OODA Loop to cycle faster than your competitors and confuse them into submission.
Col. John Boyd (USAF Fighter Pilot) proved that you don’t need a faster plane to win; you need a faster brain.
He created the OODA Loop: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act.
Whoever completes this loop fastest wins.
Most corporations get stuck in “Orient” (Analysis Paralysis) or “Decide” (Committee approval). By the time they “Act,” the market has moved, and their observation is obsolete.
If your decision cycle is slower than the market, you are already dead.
The Prompt
Act as a Military Strategist (John Boyd OODA Loop).
We are facing a market change/competitor move: [Insert Situation].
We are currently stuck.
Diagnose our OODA Loop:
1. Observe: Do we have real-time data, or are we looking at last month's report?
2. Orient: Are we paralysed by "Analysis Paralysis"? What cultural bias is stopping us from seeing the truth?
3. Decide: Who is the bottlenecks? (Is it a person or a process?).
4. Act: Script the "Minimum Viable Move" we can make *today* to disrupt the competitor's rhythm.
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The 100% Certainty Myth
General Colin Powell had a rule: The 40-70 Rule.
If you have less than 40% of the information, don’t decide.
If you wait for more than 70% of the information, you are too late.
You must train your team to pull the trigger at 70%. The cost of being wrong is usually less than the cost of being slow.
Here are the two Governance Protocols to force speed.
