We’ll look at Feedback Loops, the purposeful design of a system or process to effectively gather and enable data-driven decisions; and behavior based on the feedback collected.

Here’s what an American democracy death-spiral feedback loop might look like. May 25, 2018 (Tom Toles) Everybody knows about the time that half a herd of cows ate themselves to death.

But this is a subtle and sluggish feedback loop, one primarily driven by journalists and politicians, who in turn have their own agendas, flaws, and their own feedback loops to which they respond.

Let’s take a closer look at the practice and benefits of closed loop process ... Related Article: The Virtuous Cycle of Customer Feedback. Creating Your Closed-Loop Ecosystem.