Andy (Avraham) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

So I was teaching a class in Enterprise Architecture and IT Governance this week.  In one of the class exercises, one of the students pr...

So there are some mighty impressive places to work that really shine in terms of the technology they use and the constant desire to upgrad...

I remember years ago, my father used to joke about my mother (who occasionally got on his nerves :-): " you can't live with them...

TechStat is a governance model to "turn around or terminate" underperforming projects in the IT portfolio. This is one of th...

A Federal Enterprise Architecture Board (FEAB) would provide “teeth” to further implementing enterprise architecture across government....

There is an oft-cited best practice for conflict resolution called the speaker-listener technique —in which the speaker explains their posi...

I love new technology as much or more than the next guy, but... Last month, I came across an article in USA Today called “ Army Ditches Velc...

Improving organizational performance is often grounded in identifying bottlenecks (constraints) and fixing them , so that the firm runs bett...

New Article by Andy Blumenthal in Architecture and Governance Magazine (April 2010) http://tinyurl.com/y3xgrlb __________________________...

A strategist frequently has to temper the desire for structured planning and strategic decision making with the reality of organizational li...

A number of weeks ago, I was at a CTO Event in DC and got to hear from colleagues about their thoughts on various technologies and IT trends...

As a nation are we overworked? Are we just showing up, doing what we're told, and making the same mistakes again and again? Robert Reich...

Decision-making is something we have to do every day as individuals and as organizations, yet often we end up making some very bad decisio...

Recently, I was reminded of an interesting article that appeared in The Wall Street Journal (20 Dec 2007) that what really matters in life i...

What is conflict? In the book Images of Organization by Gareth Morgan, the author states “ Conflict arises whenever interests collide …what...

Traditional management espouses that executives are supposed to develop a vision, chart a course for the organization, and guide it to that ...