point of curiosity: is there any documented link between Boyd's mil strat theory and early lean startup stuff? "MVP" is in use by 2001- Patterns was circulating then, MCDP-1 was out in 1997, Certain To Win wasn't until 2004
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Possibly kinda-sorta via Tom Peters influence in early 80s
But mostly degenerate convergent evolution imo. Lean startup is a simple trial/error decision loop model many have reinvented each decade since the 1950s. OODA is genuinely distinct.
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I didn't know about the Tom Peters-Boyd connection, that's really interesting!
but yeah, that does make sense- I'd mentally associated Boyd and startups for whatever reason, but going back to the Lean materials the connection's a lot shallower than I thought
thanks!

