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LEADING-THROUGH-UNCERTAINTY5 MIN READ

Run An OODA Standup Instead Of A Status Theater Standup

Convert a routine standup into an OODA-based forum that improves orientation rather than reciting activity.

The team is meeting daily, but the meeting is not helping it adapt to changing conditions quickly enough. OODA standup: changed signal -> current interpretation -> next bounded move -> learning owner The common trap is to turn uncertainty into status theater, where each person proves effort instead of helping the group orient together. Observe Start with only what changed since the last loop: a customer cue, metric move, risk, blocker, or external shift. This keeps the standup tied to live reality instead of generic work recaps. Orient Ask what that change most likely means and what still feels uncertain…

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