Compare also PDCA [1] which is used more by civilians. Every time people rediscover rapid iteration in tight feedback loops, and every time so far it's gotten

Compare also PDCA [1] which is used more by civilians. Every time people rediscover rapid iteration in tight feedback loops, and every time so far it's gotten watered down to nothing again by people who get the rituals, but don't quite grok the underlying concept. [2] On the other hand, you could do practically any sort of ritual or even just laze around in bed: if you understand the underlying concept, you'll still get decent results. [3] see also: [4] for a short bit on OODA when actually flying an aircraft. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDCA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDCA [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult [3] http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html See eg. Tom Knight and the Lisp Machine ;-) [4] https://youtu.be/OCFMX5z-ed4?t=940 https://youtu.be/OCFMX5z-ed4?t=940 (starting 15:40) Art of the kill, Pete "Boomer" Bonanni