{"id":7821,"date":"2023-07-24T22:06:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T20:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/?p=7821"},"modified":"2023-07-24T22:44:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T20:44:26","slug":"from-certain-to-win-by-chet-richards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/from-certain-to-win-by-chet-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"From Certain to Win by Chet Richards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nice review of some of the concepts described by John Boyd in the context of business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The essence of agility and applying Boyd&#8217;s ideas to any form of competition is to keep one&#8217;s orientation well matched to the real world during times of ambiguity, confusion, and rapid change, when the natural tendency is to become disoriented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What wins<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>All warfare is based upon deception (Sun Tzu), John Boyd did this table about &#8220;what wins&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"403\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7822\" srcset=\"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-21.png 403w, http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-21-163x300.png 163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blitzkrieg<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Guerrilla warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key attributes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mutual trust, unity and cohesion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intuitive feel, specially for complex and chaotic situations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mission, generally considered as a contract between superior and subordinate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any concept that provides focus and direction to the operation. 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