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

Love this image of meditation and 7 chakras (energy centers of the body). Mindfulness, centered, focused, clarity, connected.  Also, some ni...

The mind's eye can see what the real eye's don't. Perhaps, we see something (or not) and then rationalize it away or use any oth...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called, " Don't Call Me Sir! "  In a split second, the officer zeros in o...

I thought this was really fascinating about how we interact with others. It's a theory by Martin Buber called the I-Thou relationshi...

So I learned this new phrase today: "Anus Protectus" It's what it sounds like. It when you communicate (or do) somethi...

So I have started watching VICE News and you should too.  It is on HBO and is superior to the other big news outlets in so many ways. ...

So it should be so easy... We manage time by the hours and minutes--and moments of life.  This sign was hilarious though: Breakfast ...

What a gem this Nikki Haley is.  One nation, the United States, speaking truth about the bias and hate of the UNJust, United Nations aga...

People can be so careless and callous with their words.  They say stupid and hurtful things.  Sometimes, they may try to couch or suga...

Interesting editorial in the Wall Street Journal today titled, "These Five Are the Best We Can Do?" referring to the current sl...

So for a while when I received weirdly worded communications from others, I thought "Gee, this person doesn't know how to communi...

Two reflections from this week: 1. Listen to understand: I heard a colleague talk about the importance of listening. There wasn't r...

So I took this picture of this baby frog while hiking.  This was the first one we saw--on the foliage it completely blended in, but on t...

Two interesting recent articles discuss the importance of building in simplicity to product design to make things more useful to people. ...

I love this guitarist on the corner with the sign that says, "To eat for today one must play for the meal. You Pay. Thank you...

I don't know a lot about huge dump trucks. But I wondered what this meant when it says on the back of this multi-ton vehicle--...

I have a new article in P ublic CIO Magazine (April/May 2011) on the topic of Accountability In Project Management : We've all be to ...

[Pictured from Left Kevin Brownstein, McAfee; Andy Blumenthal, ATF; John Landwehr, Adobe; Jack Holt, DoD] Today, I participated on behalf o...

I saw this photo and thought this is a great image of why we need a clear vision and plan for the organization. So often we're going in...