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

While many people may occasionally feel head over heels for something or someone, I liked this saying by Miska Ben-David: The head will make...

I really like this Pyramid of Emotional Intelligence (EI).  It starts at the bottom with your own personal self-awareness --knowing wh...

This is a useful 4-part communications process (developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg): 1. Observations:   Tell the other person the beha...

So the same things don't seem to drive happiness for everyone.  Some like big jobs and lots of power.  Others are happier with more ...

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

You may have seen this before--it is a great comic strip on how requirements can go awry.  When you look at how product or service requi...

This was a funny painting on the window of this eatery in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  The woman is thinking romance, but the man is thin...

At an event that I attended recently, I heard a young woman explain her philosophy on life.  She said, her grandmother taught her: ...

Organizations are all interested in what sells —what’s hot and what’s not! Of course, as advertisers learned long ago, “sex sells.” Wh...

Being a CIO is not just about information technology—IT is a service. The real job of a CIO is truly understanding the IT needs of their cu...