that one side is better at it than the other. An “asymmetric fast transient,” though, is not a traditional maneuver done more quickly, even much more quickly. In business, it should not conjure up an image of doing what you’re doing now, just doing it faster. The “transient” is the change between maneuvers. In Boyd’s concept, the ideal asymmetric fast transient is an abrupt, unexpected, jerky, disorienting change that causes at least a hesitation and preferably plants the seeds of panic in the other side. It’s a “What-the f___k!” change in circumstances,

