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Napoleon practiced what is now known as Maneuver Warfare. John Boyd - the guy who originated maneuver warfare formally studied spent his life learning this stu
by spitfire 16y ago
Napoleon practiced what is now known as Maneuver Warfare.
John Boyd - the guy who originated maneuver warfare formally studied spent his life learning this stuff. Patterns of conflict was a study of 2500 years of conflict and includes Napoleons campaigns.
The current startup culture of fast iteration is a very weak version of what Boyd produced. I'd advise anyone starting or running a business to read up on the subject Boyds' work will tell you what you can and cannot achieve and how to go about doing it.
http://radio-weblogs.com/0107127/stories/2003/02/08/oodaAndBusinesschesterRichardsOnBoyd.html http://radio-weblogs.com/0107127/stories/2003/02/08/oodaAndB...
- celoyd 16y ago“Crew resource management” (there’s a good Wikipedia article on it) is another interesting application of Boyd’s ideas. In a nutshell, it’s the training that cockpit crews use to make decisions in quickly-changing environments like emergencies. It has the advantage of lots and lots of testing, which not all Boyd’s ideas do.
- varjag 16y agoGood warfare have been maneuver warfare at least since Alexander.