Patterns of Conflict
| The works of |
| Works of John Boyd |
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OODA WIKI Edition
Quantico Transcription
You’re going to see why in a minute. So the impressions I’m trying to create there with those plan and action movements. One, we’re trying to penetrate adversary system and mask ours against his penetration. So he can’t get inside our system.
Two, we want to create a variety of impressions of what is occurring, or about to occur. In other words, once again, it makes it difficult for him to keep track and know what’s going on. And because of that, you want to generate a mismatch between what seems to be and what is. In other words, he’s got an image or images of the world that really don’t correspond to what’s going on. Got it?
And finally, you want to push him beyond his ability to adapt. So he can’t even keep up or keep pace with what’s going on. And I call this, for lack of a better word, we’ll just call that first impression. First bullet and sub-statement. And second, remember, the intentions that make up the plan cannot happen without application of transients that make up the action. You know, you have a good plan, but you don’t have no initiative to execute. Baloney. So you got to execute. Okay?