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

So I am reading this book called, "What Your Boss NEVER Told You." In terms of leadership, a key principle is stated very w...

At work, we all report to somebody--no matter high up the chain you go.  IMHO, I think it's always important to remember though who ...

Standing in line at the store the other day, I've got to to say that I sort of really resented this ridiculous check out line. We ar...

Ok, so this sign is sarcastic for the question I received the other day. A colleague, who is a supervisor, asked me : "How do you...

Farhad Manjoo has an interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal on the gamification of the workplace.  In office gamification, employ...

Harvard Business Review had a helpful list of 8 leadership types:  1. Strategists - (Chess game) - provide vision, strategy, enterprise...

So I heard a new saying: "From Happy To Glad." I asked some folks "What is that was all about?" They explained tha...

When I was a youngster going to summer camp, a great guy, "The Chief" lifeguard, used to tempt the kids to behave by offering ...

It's a funny time of year. Folks are celebrating the holidays, and for some of them the traditional office party is full of cheer...

It is said that one of the key differences between leaders and staff is that leaders are supposed to spend significantly more time on rel...

Here's a funny cartoon by Tom Fishburne on " The 8 Types of Manager " Which one are you?

We all know that people respond better to some managers than others—for some, people will go “the extra mile.” University of Virgi...

This is too much…an article and picture in MIT Technology Review (September/October 2010) of a robotic boss, called Anybot—but this bo...

Human capital is such a critical aspect of our enterprises, yet in typical enterprise architectures (traditionally focused on IT and if we’r...

How many of you know people at work whose desk’s are BIG dumping grounds for papers, magazines, office supplies, coffee cups, knickknacks, a...