Resources
Looking for more information about tactics, expertise, or decision making?
Military Tactics
Mastering Tactics: A Tactical Decision Games Workbook by John Schmitt - available to download for free. Mastering Tactics was first published in 1994 as a collection of 15 TDGs, many of which were published in the Marine Corps Gazette between 1990 and 1993. John is currently writing Mastering Tactics 2.
MCDP 1: Warfighting was published in 1989 and transformed the way Marines and other service members think about warfare. The publication describes the tenets of maneuver warfare. It is available to download for free.
Decision Making & Expertise
The ShadowBox Learning Center was launched in 2024 and currently features two video-based courses for learners interested in expanding their knowledge about decision making. We offer a Masterclass in Practical Decision Making, as well as a shorter course about The Cognitive Dimension.
Gary Klein has written several books about decision making and expertise, including Snapshots of the Mind (2022), Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions (1998) and Seeing What Others Don’t: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights (2013). His books are available on Amazon.
The Naturalistic Decision Making Association is a community of decision researchers and practitioners who are interested in understanding how people make high-stakes decisions. The organization coordinates periodical coffee chats, webinars, and also hosts in-person conferences that take place every other year. Join us!
ShadowBox
ShadowBox is a cognitive skills training company dedicated to improving decision-making in complex, uncertain environments. We develop scenario-based learning tools that reflect how people actually think under pressure—not just how they perform in controlled lab experiments. Our methods, built on years of research into expert performance and decision-making, are used in military, law enforcement, emergency response, and beyond.
If you are interested in working with us, reach out at: info@shadowboxtraining.com
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