The NATO C2COE, together with experts from various universities, conducted a research project on Military Design Thinking, aimed at developing a new blueprint for an MDO training program for NATO officers at the operational level.
This blueprint outlines the tasks to be performed within a MDO context, and the knowledge, skills and attitudes to be trained for that. The concluding article “From battlefield to classroom: Leveraging military design thinking for enhanced officer training of multi-domain operations” published in the Czech Military Journal.
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In military operations, there is increasing emphasis on multi-domain operations (MDO) across land, sea, air, space and cyberspace, with technology and cognitive domain operations playing key roles. However, it remains unclear how NATO can optimally prepare officers for MDO. We applied a military design thinking method in an international setting, involving participants from diverse professional backgrounds (government, academia, industry, and military), all experts in Command and Control, to design a blueprint for an operational-level MDO training program. This blueprint outlines the tasks, knowledge, skills and attitudes required for MDO, and describes the conditions for such a training program. Our findings provide valuable insights for developing MDO training programs for NATO officers
Authors: Steven P. A. Hornstra, Walther N. K. A. van Mook,Steven J. Durning, Stefan P. Nelwan, Rabia Saylam, Joris J. Wijnker, and Jaap A. Hoogenboezem
DOI: 10.3849/2336-2995.34.2025.02.018-038
