Archive for the 'Conflict' Category

Resilient Structures

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

[Note; links to Boyd's presentations go to the John Boyd Compendium page on DNI, where all of Boyd's work is available free of charge in a variety of formats.]
After a while, human organizations seem to deteriorate. Often the individuals in them will be busy, spending long hours going to meetings, producing PowerPoints, [...]

Is Boyd Still Relevant?

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

The Marines think so. “Is Warfighting Enough?” by Chet Richards and Don Vandergriff is now available in the February 2008 edition of the Marine Corps Gazette.
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Super-empowered individuals

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Adam Elkus has written an interesting article on the subject now posted on DNI. It’s a controversial topic, with some people claiming that the threat these people represent is overblown, while other analysts see an emerging fifth generation of war.