Who was John Boyd?

Mark McGrath and Brian “Ponch” Rivera discuss this on a podcast with Aaron MacLean. Listen in on Aaron’s site: https://nebulouspodcasts.com/shows/school-of-war/episodes/ep-84:-b.-rivera-and-m.-mcgrath-on-john-boyd

Aaron, incidentally, was featured on a podcast with Mark and Ponch in May: https://nowayout.buzzsprout.com/2109174/12751601-war-conflict-and-lessons-learning-building-better-leaders-with-aaron-maclean

And about a month earlier, I was also on a podcast with them: https://nowayout.buzzsprout.com/2109174/12568242-certain-to-zen-ooda-iohai-lean-and-more-with-chet-richards-phd

Boyd’s acolytes worried that his ideas wouldn’t long survive him. Certainly the Marine Corps’ acquisition of his library was a huge step in ensuring that they did. It seems like the last several years have seen a surge of interest not just in Boyd’s ideas, but, which is vastly more important, using his philosophies to build and test snowmobiles in a variety of domains all across the world.

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