A set of connected parts of a business that feed one another, so each turn builds on the work done in earlier turns and the effort compounds into momentum. Jim Collins developed the flywheel concept in his book Good to Great.
See also
- Recursive self-improvement
A hypothetical process in which an AI system improves its own design, and each improved version is better at making the next improvement.
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This term
Orbyt Labs, Flywheel (AI Glossary), Oct 18, 2026. https://www.orbytlabs.ai/orbyt-collective/glossary/flywheel
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Orbyt Labs Glossaries (Oct 19, 2026), https://www.orbytlabs.ai/glossary#dataset
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