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

So when I listen to the Kane Show in the morning on 99.5 FM, they frequently do this thing where they call someone to find out why they...

Please see my new article in Times of Israel called, "Shabbat Nachamu: That's The Power of Love." We don't have to fig...

So someone I know came over to this country and literally has to work 7 days a week for months at a time! They don't want or need to...

Since the days of slavery, workers have had very little in terms of rights or protections.  The rich and powerful capitalist employers h...

No this is not another civil or human rights post, although I like writing those as well.  Rather, t his is about how we use our words t...

So there is an issue with people not treating other people with respect and dignity in life and at work. Today again, the Wall Street J...

So what a nice compliment... I'm talking with someone this week. They're new, and so I tried to be generally nice and ask abou...

Wow, I heard a powerful story from a colleague that I wanted to share. The colleague's father was a industrial psychologist and he w...

Such beautiful weather today--still February, but Spring has sprung! We went hiking and I am so grateful to G-d after the surgeries of t...

I took this photo yesterday in a Home Goods store.  This is the aisle for rugs and mats.  And it is a disaster zone! I asked the cle...

Good, Sue Shellenbarger in the Wall Street Journal finally said it..."likability matters more than ever at work." Yes, you ...

So Harry Basil was great at The Laugh Factory. His costumes, impersonations, and audience involvement in his act was well done.  In th...

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

The Search For Servant Leadership in A Chilean Mine I’ve been following the story this week about the 33 miners trapped half a mile ...

Five Ways To Motive Employees With Meaning By Andy Blumenthal (Published in Information Management) Employees need to be motivated to perfor...