Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

  Way too many "leaders" like this:  I must see where my people are going, so that I can lead them. These are leaders that are muc...

Someone brought me a copy of this photo from their office.  It says: Stop Harassholes Y'all Not bad.  Harassment plus as*holes...

So here is one way that some people can (try to) manipulate you--positively or negatively.  They can help either to keep you "in th...

So an executive colleague reminded me of something about bad bosses: People don't leave jobs, they leave [bad] bosses. It's ver...

So one of my friends who is dealing with some bad people in his work told me about his situation using a very interesting descriptive phra...

There's this funny line that some managers use with their employees. It's when they harshly criticize, pick on, or even bully the...

Thought this was a good photo of leadership. I've seen other depictions of this such as when the commanding officer leads the cha...

So I was recently teaching a certification class.  And this was a very high-caliber class of professionals attending.  One gentlemen w...

Grumpy Big Mouth Showman Inattentive The Snake (Source Photos: Andy Blumenthal)

This mug on teamwork was really funny. Teamwork (noun): 1) A group of people doing what I say. 2) Work done that I can take credit for...

Standing in line at the store the other day, I've got to to say that I sort of really resented this ridiculous check out line. We ar...

Here's a photo I snapped of one of the Fantastic Four (superheroes). He's telling the evil Galactus, who drains planets of the...

So true story...I'm in the changing room at the pool. There is a guy there, just a few feet away, naked.  The pool supervisor co...

Ever feel like this at work? The knives are flying and you're the target--where's the next one going, the heart of head? Harva...

Voluntold, it's a funny word.  A combination of volunteer and told, to do something.  I couldn't believe that this word is act...

Lapham's Quarterly (5 June 2013) put up a matrix of the "Worst Jobs In the World," but the problem is that is completely mi...

We’ve all been in work environments that make us either feel good about coming to the office in the morning, and those which don’t. Fo...

The importance of positive life energy (or Ch'i) is something that both the Asian culture teaches and which the self-healing industry ...

We've all been there--organizations that are run by the king or queen and their proverbial gang of 6 or 7 or 8 or 9. These are t...

It's a funny time of year. Folks are celebrating the holidays, and for some of them the traditional office party is full of cheer...