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

So Agile development is great for iteratively working closely with customers to develop and refine information systems that are useful t...

I thought this was a great saying in the Wall Street Journal book review today. "Expect Less, Appreciate More." Many people ...

So this was some awesome drumming at the Renaissance Festival today. The beating of the drums was powerful and in a sense mesmerizing.  ...

So there is a disappointing editorial in the Sunday New York Times Review Section today.  It is by Christopher Chabris and Joshua Hart...

This is a photo of a beautiful embroidery. It is called "Creation" by Leonard Nierman.  Really liked it! Also, wa...

I took this photo of a sign at the Metro station to the Reagan National Airport by Washington, D.C.  "Expect The Unexpected"...

Focus, focus...forget it! With smartphones, social media, email, texting, phone calls, meetings, and more...it takes a lot of discipline...

It was interesting, I was reading about how humans have six universal emotions. These emotions are considered largely involuntary res...

In leadership class, I learned that in performance management, there are two major types of issues--conduct and performance.  In cond...

I took this photo today at the East View of Sugarloaf Mountain.  This guy is sitting on the rocks towards the summit of the mountain a...

People can perform good and kind deeds--they can love and care and share, they can be giving and help others in need, and they can inno...

I have a new article in Public CIO Magazine (August 2011) on the topic of how to handle poorly performing employees. " Fi...

In spite of all the wealth creation and technological progress we have experienced in recent times, the real stickler is that most pe...

I always love on the court television show Judge Hatchett, when she tells people: "I expect great things from you!" The Pygmalion ...

A big part of leadership and of life is understanding that things are not always what we expect. We have to be prepared to deal with strange...