https://keithkeekw.github.io/tags/ooda-loop/ Recent content in Ooda-Loop on Keith Kee KW Hugo en-us Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0800 https://keithkeekw.github.io/posts/2026-07-10-incident-response-ooda/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0800 https://keithkeekw.github.io/posts/2026-07-10-incident-response-ooda/ <p><em>How I stopped running faster and started cycling smarter</em></p> <p>I used to think a good incident response was about speed. Faster alerts. Faster diagnosis. Faster rollbacks. More dashboards. More eyes on the screen.</p> <p>I was wrong. <strong>Speed without shared Orientation isn&rsquo;t speed — it&rsquo;s organized chaos.</strong></p> <p>The framework that changed how I run incident response came from a Korean War fighter pilot.</p> <hr> <h2 id="the-ooda-loop-more-than-four-steps-in-a-circle">The OODA Loop: More Than Four Steps in a Circle</h2> <p>John Boyd was a US Air Force colonel who noticed something strange. His F-86 Sabre pilots were consistently beating superior Soviet MiG-15s. The MiG was faster, could turn tighter, and climbed better. On paper, it should have won every engagement.</p>