up:: [[40 Slipbox/42 Seed/Strategy|Strategy]] # Colonel John R. Boyd Many, myself included, view [[@Colonel John Boyd|Boyd]] as one of the most important strategists since [[@Sun Tzu (544-496 BC)|Sun Tzu]]. Sadly, he passed in [[1997]], just as the scientific domain of [[Complexity Science]] was emerging. He left behind a vast body of work underpinned by science, math, the theory and history of conflict, and Eastern philosophy (below). ![[Inputs into boyds work.jpeg|center wm-sm]]