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

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Thought this was a pretty picture of the Washington Monument.  Marble Obelisk that stands tall and proud against the clear blue sky in the n...

A colleague was telling me a while back about a dysfunctional organization they were in and how it made them feel...well, dysfunctional.  ...

There are two things to know. Know-how:  That's knowing how to do things yourself. Know-who:  That's knowing who to go to t...

I really like this Pyramid of Emotional Intelligence (EI).  It starts at the bottom with your own personal self-awareness --knowing wh...

This was a funny photo... Sign around the ape says: Laugh now, but one day, we'll be in charge I guess you never know who will b...

This week I learned about the Three Levels of Relationships. Level 3: Family/Friends The highest form of a relationship where you are b...

So I liked this saying from a colleague of mine at work: We succeed or fail as a team. It's not me.  It's not you.  It...

Awesome day today with my team at work.  We had a half-day team building.  Started off with a Play-Doh exercise where we had to answer...

As I continue to learn more about organizational success strategies, I am coming to understand that the underlying culture of the organiza...

Diversity is a very beautiful thing. Whether you're an orange, red, or green cat. It doesn't matter--you are a cat! All ca...

I wanted to share some good tidbits about effective management, collaboration, and engagement that I heard this week at a Partnership fo...

Have you ever seen someone point fingers at the next guy/gal (a classmate, neighbor, co-worker, or even family and friends)? It's th...

So I was watching Shark Tank and they gave an update on how one of the products, " Mensch on a Bench ," is doing. It's sel...

So I heard from a colleague this week an argument about: Too much leadership dilutes good management.  AND [similarly] Too much mana...

I took this photo of this guys' cool Catch-22 bag on the Metro in Washington, D.C. yesterday.  Catch-22 was made famous in the book ...

This was an interesting sign + sticker in Washington, D.C. It asks to Stop Fighting Congress or perhaps stop the fighting in Congress. ...

This video is absolutely fantastic.  Congratulations to Gary Turk for hitting the nail on the head here.  And thank you to my daughter,...

So they say that all sin is rooted in arrogance.  We get too big for our britches and think we can do whatever we want including steppin...

There are so many workplace liars—the problem is many of them are experienced and good at selling you a bunch of malarkey. Often, they t...