OODA is pleased to release the 3rd installment of our OODA Almanac series. The Almanac is intended to provide actionable insights that will  enable more informed strategic planning and improve organizational agility. The emergent themes captured here should be considered by anyone contemplating the near future in this dynamic world.

Report Overview:

This is the 3rd installment of our OODA Almanac series. The Almanac is intended to be a quirky forecasting of themes that the OODA Network think will be emergent each year.

The theme for last year was “exponential disruption”, which was carried through into our annual OODAcon event. This year’s theme is “jagged transitions” which is meant to invoke the challenges inherent in the adoption of disruptive technologies while still entrenched in low-entropy old systems and in the face of systemic global community threats and the risks of personal displacement.

We look forward to tracking these thematics over the coming year with the OODA Network.

If you would like to support this research and interact with the top executives, experts, and luminaries on these issues, we would implore you to consider joining the OODA Network. Each month our network convenes to explore the landscape of risk and opportunity as well as deep-dive on current events impacting their organizations

About the Author

Bob Gourley

Bob Gourley is an experienced Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Board Qualified Technical Executive (QTE), author and entrepreneur with extensive past performance in enterprise IT, corporate cybersecurity and data analytics. CTO of OODA LLC, a unique team of international experts which provide board advisory and cybersecurity consulting services. OODA publishes OODALoop.com. Bob has been an advisor to dozens of successful high tech startups and has conducted enterprise cybersecurity assessments for businesses in multiple sectors of the economy. He was a career Naval Intelligence Officer and is the former CTO of the Defense Intelligence Agency.