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OODA.MODELS.CODE.VELOCITY - Velocity 2015

aneel
May 30, 2015

OODA.MODELS.CODE.VELOCITY - Velocity 2015

Presented at Velocity 2015 in Santa Clara.

More info and video in blog post: https://medium.com/@aneel/all-models-are-wrong-d0d95da49027

Like most things that get pop-ified, the details are glossed over and essential elements of the original work are lost. Ideas are worthless without execution; relying on the pop version of an idea will handicap any attempt at its execution. The talk is partly an exposition, distillation, and application of Boyd’s original ideas (particularly as described in Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War) – and partly an exhortation to get as close as possible to original sources, because the lessons there are rich.

aneel

May 30, 2015
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  1. NOT QUALIFIED TO GIVE THIS TALK Marketing Analyst Product Infra

    Arch Net Eng Sys Admin NOC Op Tech Support
  2. A KNOB AFFORDS TWISTING, AND PERHAPS PUSHING, WHILE A CORD

    AFFORDS PULLING. AN AFFORDANCE [IS] THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME ACTION, AND IS NOT A PROPERTY OF EITHER AN ORGANISM OR ITS ENVIRONMENT ALONE.
  3. 1 Adversary 1: OODA 2 Adversary 1: OODA 3 Adversary

    1: OODAOODAOODA 4 Adversary 1: OODA^X Adversary 2: OOD_ Adversary 2: OO__ Adversary 2: OOD_OO_O_ Adversary 2: OOD_O_D_A_O
  4. ORIENTATION AND DECISION Through streaming analytics, exploring metrics in real

    time, as they’re created, building meaningful (composite) signals, creating leverage for Orient and Decide. Invalidating models daily.
  5. IMAGE CREDITS • J.J. Gibson: Cornell University Library • Frank

    Partnoy: Startup Grind • N.N. Taleb: NY Times • Mark Burgess: markburgess.org • Book cover images from Amazon • Coffee: me • Me: not me