OODA loop

(Observe, Orient, Decide, Act)

See, make sense of it, choose, move. Then loop. Speed of cycle beats quality of single choice in a fight.

Definition

A decision cycle developed by John Boyd for fast adaptive action, in which an agent continuously observes the environment, orients to its meaning, decides on a course, and acts, then loops.

Step 1

Predict first

In one or two sentences, what do you think this concept means? Wrong is fine; the small struggle is what makes the answer stick.