Study 9: From battlefield to classroom: Leveraging military design thinking for enhanced officer training of multi-domain operations

We applied a military design thinking method in a military academic conference context, involving participants from diverse professional backgrounds (government, academia, industry and military), who are all experts in Command and Control, to design a blueprint for a training program for NATO officers to address multi-domain operations, concentrating on the operational rather than the tactical or strategical level. This blueprint outlines the tasks, knowledge, skills and attitudes required for multi-domain operations, and describes the conditions for such a training program.

Our findings provide valuable insights for developing multi-domain operations training programs for NATO officers. Software MS Excel (v365-2025).

Methods

Military design thinking.

Data description

Demographic characteristics of implementers. Demographic characteristics of observers. Quantitative survey data.

Peer interview data - Perceived learning needs of implementers. Quantitative data Components and conditions of a NATO training program for multi-domain operations officers.