Ben Zweibelson

		

				 
  	
		 		

			

	Major Ben Zweibelson is a frequent contributor to Small Wars Journal concerning design thinking and strategy, and he has nearly 20 years of military service. Ben recently co-authored a chapter on design thinking with LTC Grant Martin in Dr. Christopher Paparone's recent design book, "The Sociology of Military Design: Prospects for Postinstitutional Military Design" by Continuum Publications. Ben is a graduate of the U.S. Army's School for Advanced Military Studies.

			
		

		

	

	


  

  

  

      


  
  

    

    
  
  
      

      


  

    	  
  

                
Building Another Tower of Babel

  

  
  

                
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Posted On May 7, 2013 02:30 AM | Comments(18)

  

  
  

                

	Why acronyms are ruining shared military understanding.


  

		  
  

                
How PowerPoint Stifles Understanding, Creativity, and Innovation Within Your Organization

  

  
  

                
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Posted On September 4, 2012 04:30 AM | Comments(65)

  

  
  

                

	Or how to shatter organizational stagnation and identify critical tensions preventing creative thinking and improvisation.


  

		  
  

                
Does Design Help or Hurt Military Planning: How NTM-A Designed a Plausible Afghan Security Force in an Uncertain Future - Part II

  

  
  

                
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Posted On July 16, 2012 04:55 AM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                

	Our team produced design deliverables that established a narrative and conveyed a recommendation that had a structured organizing logic associated with its creation.


  

	  





  

    	  
  

                
Does Design Help or Hurt Military Planning: How NTM-A Designed a Plausible Afghan Security Force in an Uncertain Future, Part I

  

  
  

                
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Posted On July 9, 2012 04:44 AM | Comments(27)

  

  
  

                

	How "Design" was used in shaping a the way ahead in Afghanistan.


  

		  
  

                
Military Design in Practice: A Case from NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan in 2012

  

  
  

                
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Posted On June 4, 2012 04:28 AM | Comments(66)

  

  
  

                

	How operational planners applied military design to a wicked problem set in Afghanistan.


  

		  
  

                
What is Your Narrative, and Why?

  

  
  

                
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Posted On October 15, 2011 08:47 AM | Comments(1)

  

  
  

                

	How the Media, the Military, and the World Struggles with Telling the “Real Story” in Afghanistan