We talk with Ben Ford about the his course, Communicate to Operate. Timestamps below:

Apologies for the audio quality on my end.

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Timestamps:

00:27 Ben's Commando Background  

02:43 3 Principles of Communicate to Operate   

04:02 OODA loop is a hierarchy, not a loop 

04:22 Full OODA loop diagram  

05:59 How can companies stay in touch with reality?  

06:35 Getting inside the ooda loop is more than just going faster   

08:45 Why a course?

10:14 3 fundamental concepts 

10:37 Challenges when building this course?  

12:21 More participation in online courses  

13:31 Company inflection points  

15:39 OODA Loop as a meta-process 

15:50 Shifts in military and industry thinking

17:04 Team of Teams 

20:49 In a complex world you need to use emergent behavior  

20:59 Applying these principles as a 'low level' developer  

21:18 There's always a locus of control  

22:51 Agile vs Shape Up  

23:06 Context and Boundaries  

24:20 Ben's newest thinking on dev/biz separation  

27:07 Can you skip the siloing stage?  

29:55 Avoid siloing with a clear roadmap  

31:13 Mission Command  

31:34 Three building blocks of blitzkrieg  

31:41 Don Vandergriff   

33:59 3 aspects of Mission Command  

34:58 The Doctrine of Empowerment  

35:28 Group flow as a security team  

37:16 Can't get to emergence by only thinking about individuals  

39:16 Psychological safety  

41:21 Where to find Ben  

41:44 Twitter serendipity 

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