Observe · Orient · Decide · Act — then recurse.
Body
Conceptualized by Col. John Boyd (USAF) for air combat, OODA describes the decision loop under pressure: whoever beats the opponent in cycle speed wins initiative. Applied strategically, it requires systems that ingest fast, contextualize (Orient — the costliest step), decide, and act — then immediately restart. For olivLaw, the whole architecture (ingestion → processing → analysis → publishing) is a continuous OODA loop.
Core concepts
- Cycle speed
- Orient = sense-making
- Decision under uncertainty
- Recursion