Chapter 6
Situational Awareness
For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the message was lost. For want of a message the battle was lost.
And all for want of a nail.
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Situational awareness is being aware of what is going on around us. We use it to orient ourselves, and it is a key ingredient of the decision-making process. To gain good situational awareness we need to understand the current conditions and capabilities in our ecosystem. Much as John Boyd predicted in his work on the OODA loop, how well we construct this awareness determines how quickly and accurately we can make decisions.
While information availability and observability is an important ingredient in creating situational ...
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