Small Wars Journal

Ben Zweibelson

BIO

Ben Zweibelson is the Program Director for Design and Innovation at the Joint Special Operations University and is a doctoral student at Lancaster University. A retired U.S. Army Infantry officer and veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, Ben has provided design education across USSOCOM, the Department of Defense and the U.S. Government, academia and industry as well as internationally. He was named “design conference ambassador” for the second year in a row for the upcoming IMDC, and has recently lectured on design at the Polish and Danish War Colleges, the Canadian Forces College, NATO Schools at Oberammergau, the National Counterterrorism Center, the IBM capstone SPADE conference for NATO in Copenhagen, as well as numerous Special Operations and strategic level defense assets in 2018. He resides in Tampa, Florida with his wife and three children. He can be reached at benzweibelson@gmail.com

 

Articles by this Author

The Multidisciplinary Design Movement: A Frame for Realizing Industry, Security, and Academia Interplay Thu, 01/10/2019 - 10:09am
An Application of Theory: Second Generation Military Design on the Horizon Sun, 02/19/2017 - 2:39am
Military ‘Deep Dives’ and Organizational Management: The Continuing Hazards of Hubris, Centralized Hierarchies, and Insular Perspectives Thu, 05/21/2015 - 3:27pm
Building Another Tower of Babel Tue, 05/07/2013 - 3:30am
How PowerPoint Stifles Understanding, Creativity, and Innovation Within Your Organization Tue, 09/04/2012 - 5:30am
Does Design Help or Hurt Military Planning: How NTM-A Designed a Plausible Afghan Security Force in an Uncertain Future - Part II Mon, 07/16/2012 - 5:55am
Does Design Help or Hurt Military Planning: How NTM-A Designed a Plausible Afghan Security Force in an Uncertain Future, Part I Mon, 07/09/2012 - 5:44am
Military Design in Practice: A Case from NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan in 2012 Mon, 06/04/2012 - 5:28am
What is Your Narrative, and Why? Sat, 10/15/2011 - 9:47am
Breaking Barriers to Deeper Understanding: How Post-Modern Concepts Are ‘Value-Added’ to Military Conceptual Planning Considerations Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:18am
Design Theory and the Military’s Understanding of Our Complex World Sun, 08/07/2011 - 1:30pm
Cartel Next: How Army Design Methodology Offers Holistic and Dissimilar Approaches to the Mexican Drug Problem Thu, 06/30/2011 - 11:20am
To Design or Not to Design: In Conclusion Mon, 05/09/2011 - 6:57pm
To Design or Not to Design (Part Five) Fri, 04/15/2011 - 6:58am
To Design or Not to Design (Part Four) Tue, 04/05/2011 - 10:57am
To Design or Not to Design (Part Three) Fri, 03/18/2011 - 9:00am
To Design or Not to Design (Part Two) Fri, 03/11/2011 - 10:14am
To Design, or not to Design Fri, 03/04/2011 - 11:11am
The US in Afghanistan: Follow Sun Tzu rather than Clausewitz to Victory Sat, 12/11/2010 - 10:53am
How the USAF Should Adapt to 21st Century Irregular Warfare Wed, 09/29/2010 - 10:15am