Boyd videos

If some of you have missed these, there are few videos from Boyd Q&A session in youtube. Part 1 is mostly about fighters, in parts 2 & 3 Boyd talks about Toyota Production System and last and shortest is about correct questions.

These videoes can also be found from here and there is also audio about Conceptual Spiral. Thanks for Chet Richards for reminding me about these.

Are there any other videoes about Boyd available?

Boydian 'book club' of sorts

I have been thinking about running some sort of reading club about Boyds briefings for some time now. And it was one of the first ideas for this blog.

My idea was to divide briefing at hand to bite size chunks and give people few days to read it and then publish our thoughts about it and then continue discussion about it in comments. Mainly about how would principles in each chunk apply to business.

Anyone interested? Suggestions on which briefing to start with? I was thinking about Organic Design for Command and Control.

Literature - articles

We will collect information about articles related to Boyd that we have read or are about to read into this post. Articles will be listed chronologically in the order they were read.

Articles we have read

Fast-Cycle Capability for Competitive Power
by Joseph L. Bower and Thomas M. Hout

Reading queue

Maneuver Warfare: Can Modern Military Strategy Lead You to Victory?
by Eric K. Clemons and Jason A. Santamaria

How Managers’ Everyday Decisions Create—or Destroy—Your Company’s Strategy
by Joseph L. Bower and Clark G. Gilbert

Literature - books

We will collect information about books related to Boyd that we have read or are about to read into this post. Books will be listed chronologically in the order they were read.

Books we have read

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
by Robert Coram

Certain to Win
by Chet Richards


The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security
by Grant Tedrick Hammond

Maneuver Warfare Handbook
by William S. Lind
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vSentes Campaing Manual: How to create and Execute Effective Marketing Campaigns
by Mike Smock

Reading queue

Science, Strategy and War: The Strategic Theory of John Boyd
by Frans Osinga

The Japanese Art of War: Understanding the Culture of Strategy
by Thomas Cleary

Who is John Boyd?

From Wikipedia:

Colonel John (Richard) Boyd January 23, 1927–March 9, 1997) was a United States Air Force fighter pilot and military strategist of the late 20th century whose theories have been highly influential in the military and in business.

Boyd was born on January 23, 1927 in Erie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor’s degree in economics and from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering.

Boyd enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the Army Air Corps from 1945 to 1947. He subsequently served as a U.S. Air Force officer from July 8, 1951 to August 31, 1975. He was known as “Forty-Second Boyd” for his ability to beat any opposing pilot in aerial combat in less than forty seconds.

Boyd died of cancer in Florida on March 9, 1997 at age 70. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on March 20, 1997.

Boyd’s funeral was meant to have fly-over by F-15s from the USAF’s 1st Fighter Wing, but it was cancelled at the last minute because of slight haze, vindicating Boyd’s life-long insistence that it was impossible to build a true all-weather fighter.