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

Ukraine is effective on the battlefield. As well as with their communications management.  Together with western civilization, hopefully Rus...

This is a useful 4-part communications process (developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg): 1. Observations:   Tell the other person the beha...

Thought this was funny at work.  One person writes: Be Happy. Have Fun.  Another chimes in: Ok, I will! And finally a 3rd person...

Every manager is rightly taught to under promise and over deliver.  It's sound planning and good risk management to plan for conting...

I thought this was a funny saying that my friend told me.  I'd agree with you but then we'd both be wrong! He said that he act...

I found this interesting about communications management.  On one hand, when discussing issues, you want to listen to everyone's inp...

Took an interesting class recently in having difficult conversations. These are the conversations you need to have about performance, ac...

Some people are so cold and emotionally distant. They go around with a stone face.   No emotion seems to seep in or out.  The face d...

So in this longest of U.S. government shutdowns, one thing that is missing from the debate are an articulation of the facts.  All I hear...

So conducting large meetings is not often easy.  People have their own concepts as to where they'd like the discussion to go. Yes,...

So I overhear this conversation... Woman:  "Never say never and never say always." Man: "Well then what should I say?...

This just seemed like a funny photo to me. In the cafeteria, someone was checking out at the register.  And on their lunch/food tray, ...

So it's amazing how people are so willing to throw away friendship.  They get angry about something having nothing even to do with y...

Ok, the title of this blog may not be the best.  Some may associate the "Love Truck" with human trafficking or something horri...

So I learned a lesson recently. Sometimes, a kiss is not a kiss.  It could be a phony show.  Like a snake.  It slithers and fools ...

I liked this categorization of three types of tools of persuasion developed by Aristotle:  - Ethos: Appeals to a sense of ethics, mor...

Happy Friday everyone! Yesterday, someone gave me a couple of these bright yellow smileys--one on the back of each of my hands.  I was...

So this was amazing.  I was working with someone for a number of weeks/months.  All of a sudden, I got a complete blow off email from th...

So I heard about someone misinterpreting something I did for the worse. Occasionally, when someone tries to shake my hand, instead of sh...

So I thought this was really good from a colleague this week.  How to build trust and credibility in the workplace: Credibility  is abou...