Blockchain integration’s slow, watered down, or doesn’t get adopted at all.
Burcu Rumelioglu 22, Commander of the Turkish Navy, member of Headquarters Supreme Allied Command Transformation at NATO, “Blockchain: Transformation of NATO Logistics Capabilities,” https://www.sto.nato.int/publications/STO%20Meeting%20Proceedings/STO-MP-SAS-165/MP-SAS-165-11.pdf/bmo [MSDI-JE-wk1]
Major challenges of adopting blockchain technology to overcome are slow governance approval speed and long integration processes between legacy and new systems. One of the specific answers is “NATO needs to prevent establishing another "Concept", "Procedural Approach" or "Technological Possibility" which looks good on paper, but, as proven in the current RUS/UKR situation "far off real world" requirements to warfighting.” This shows that adopting blockchain technology efforts can be challenged by the organizational inertia and the mind-set based on continuing the current trajectory. As Tsedal Neeley and Paul Leonardi stated in their “Developing a Digital Mindset” article in Harvard Business Review, “Like any other change initiative, digital transformation often encounters resistance, and early missteps are inevitable. [21, p.51].”
Lack of digitally minded leaders and lack of skilled people are the top two responses regarding the obstacles of the greater adoption of blockchain technology. It is, however, interesting to see that only 25% of the respondents think this is not a minimum military requirement. The other interesting observation is less than 19% thinks the digital toolsets are inadequate.