The real secret to the OODA loop was Boyd's observation that there is a positive feedback loop between the orientation -> observation that is devoid of input fr

The real secret to the OODA loop was Boyd's observation that there is a positive feedback loop between the orientation -> observation that is devoid of input from the external world and if you can trigger that part of the OODA loop you can get your adversary to behave in a way which takes them away from their goals. Mostly people just see it as a circle in a PowerPoint slide and it has close to zero utility in that form.