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Just as John Boyd’s OODA loop is mostly about the loop, so big data is mostly about feedback. Simply analyzing information isn’t particularly useful. To work, the organization has to choose a course of action from the results, then observe what happens and use that information to collect new data or analyze things in a different way. It’s a process of continuous optimization that affects every facet of a business.