Patterns of Conflict
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| Works of John Boyd |
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OODA WIKI Edition
Quantico Transcription
[slide 114] Observations regarding maneuver. We do these kinds of things, ambiguity, deception, novelty, mobility, et cetera, to generate surprise and shock.
Fire and movement used in combination. People think maneuver’s just movement. No. It's fire and movement, using it in combination. Like cheng/chi. Tie up, divert, or drain away, the idea is to generate, expose his vulnerabilities and get at those weaknesses. Okay?
[10:00] The indication of success is no longer quantitative but qualitative. Any phenomena that suggests inability to adapt to change. In fact, Guderian, going through France, he said, now's the time to go for it. The French army is falling apart. Tells his commanders, just go for it. In other words, you just sensed it. Just like you can sense in a basketball game, when the other team is falling apart and the other guy is scoring. What’s the first thing the guys do? Tim; boy, we got to get our act back together. You can't measure that.
Okay, so then, if we paste all that together, here's the essence of that.