The Whirl of ReOrientation: OODA as Boyd Actually Meant It.
Mark McGrath | OODA Synthesist, Brian “Ponch” RiveraOODA as Boyd actually meant it — applied to the wars for reality and meaning that organizations are losing right now.
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U.S. Marine. Asset management vet. Two decades developing Boyd's OODA framework where a wrong read isn't a learning opportunity — it's an existential threat. Co-host, No Way Out | Partner, AGLX
Retired U.S. Navy Captain, co-creator of The Flow System, No Way Out podcast producer and co-host, TEDx speaker, and girl dad.
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