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

Saw this in a window from the street.  Pac-Man eating the dots/pellets and going for the ghost.  The classic arcade video game from 19...

Have you ever noticed the relationship between those that contribute and those that whine.  The bad news is there is a highly inverse...

Managing IT projects is no easy task. You've got to get the requirements right.  Technical issues need to be resolved.  Dependen...

So this is a new type of project management and it can be very effective.  It's called (my name):  Shock and Awe Project Managem...

So a colleague has this sticker (with a do not image) on their computer that says: "But we've always done it that way." ...

It's funny some people go straight for the kill when they don't like something.  Others may nitpick you to death.  Always! loo...

So this is an interesting meeting facilitation technique.  Sometimes people get carried away in meetings either as  broken records,   sp...

So we all know these type of people that love to criticize and bully.   They are the critics in chief.  You have to wonder what thei...

Another terrorist attack in NYC, not far from the World Trade Center, now memorial! Radical Islamist mows down pedestrians and bicycle ...

This was a funny sign.  "You don't have to be crazy to work here. We'll train you." Isn't that the truth too oft...

This guy's socks were very cool. If you can say that socks make the man then perhaps this is it. Superman that is! No spe...

So I learned something new about being Mr. Fix It. First of all, depending on how you look at things, you are either the guy who ...

So I was recently teaching a certification class.  And this was a very high-caliber class of professionals attending.  One gentlemen w...

I love this on the sidewalk this week.  "The World is Waiting for you to SUCCEED!" Encouraging, inspiring, motivational, h...

Saturday Night Live has a spoof about Negative Nellie's and they call her Debbie Downer.  We all know people like this who are the Vo...

There's a question everyone always ask themselves--when they are gone from an organization will they be missed? We all tell ourselve...

It's really hypocritical that on one hand we put innovation on a pedestal, but on the other hand, we tend to nix new ideas.  The...

The Wall Street Journal (16 May 2011) had a interesting portrayal this week of the various types of people that tend to spoil meetings...

Recently, there was an article in Nextgov ( http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2008/12/the_industry_advisory_council.php ) about the Industry Ad...

Enterprise architecture develops the roadmap for the organization and no roadmap is foolproof. With any roadmap, sometimes there’s a traffic...