Colin S. Gray wrote in Modern Strategy back in 1999:

Over on JOHN BOYD America's Greatest Military Theorist John Robb has began posting articles for cops that discuss COL John Boyd's Theories as the apply to the street. His first series comes from Spartan Cops.

Great article by Bill Whittle posted at John Boyd that will give you insight into Boyd the man and his theories take a look. 

Fred

Here's a series of video's (relatively poor quality) from a presentation by John Boyd: Posted on JOHN BOYD America's Greatest Military Theorist. Enjoy

Stay Oriented!

Fred

The Defense and National Interest a site dedicated to COL John Boyd and his theories has stopped their publication on the world Wide Net and John Robb from Global Guerrilla's has started a new page with information from DNI  and with new information coming.

In the police training world, certain job related skills are vitally important. Simulation scenarios involving inoculations of stress, confusion and chaos are valuable components to prepare officers to win in real street encounters, (expect the unexpected, and adapt). Trained, experienced and enlightened simulation trainers often discover early on that it is difficult to truly surprise in-service officers.

“In most campaigns the dislocation of the enemy's psychological and physical balance has been the vital prelude to a successful attempt at his overthrow.” ~Captain Sir Basil H. Liddell Hart, 1944

It's the last set at Wimbledon and Serena Williams needs a little magic to take the match. Her opponent makes an amazing shot, but Williams somehow knows where the ball is going, and she's there. How could she have read her opponent's mind?

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For any contemporary warrior who is not already familiar with Boyd's Cycle - the human decision making paradigm - I say to you, "Go and study." First documented by Col. John Boyd (USAF Ret, now deceased), the Human Decision Making Cycle is comprised of the following four steps repeated in endless loops: Observe; Orient; Decide; Act. Anyone who has ever been in a fight knows that thinking faster than your opponent matters - and not just a little. Veteran combatants have given testimony as to the applicability and importance of Boyd's Cycle.

As I discussed in The OODA Loop: A simple concept for modern combat strategy, there are two ways to take the offense away from our opponent. One is to overtake him in the cycle by being faster.  I discussed common tactics for that strategy in How to zip through the OODA Loop. The second method is to slow your opponent down. This article discusses tactics for that strategy.