Situation Awareness
A Laypersons Guide to Situation Awareness with lots of shortcuts and simplifications. For the complete exposure to the idea, please […]
Situation Awareness
Understand the Situation to be able to act
A Story about the different aspects of sensemaking. Traditional approaches to understanding and prediction often fall short in complex systems. Agency, the ability to act effectively, needs constant feedback to direct the attention and to find appropriate ways of sensemaking and situational awareness.
Mica Endsley’s concept of situation awareness
Situation Awareness is a layered process that starts with the perception of essential environmental elements.
Cognitive mechanisms, goals, and experience influence this process. Understanding these levels and mechanisms allows one to design systems and training programs that effectively support and enhance SA in various complex and dynamic domains.
The OODA Loop
The OODA Loop is a strategic tool developed by military strategist and United States Air Force Colonel John Boyd. OODA stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act. It’s a decision-making process to help individuals and organizations operate effectively in competitive environments.
John Boyd
John Boyd is best known for his OODA model for situation awareness. Although the popular interpretation focuses on the speed of decision making, Boyd’s original concept was more comprehensive, involving organizational learning, adaptation, and the importance of orientation.
Situational Awareness
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