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

So I liked this saying from a colleague of mine at work: We succeed or fail as a team. It's not me.  It's not you.  It...

So one of my colleagues told me an interesting saying: If you give a moose a muffin, they will never go away.  What a funny image and ...

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 here is one way that some people can (try to) manipulate you--positively or negatively.  They can help either to keep you "in th...

So it's been raining so much here in the DC area lately. The result is that the hot Summer July temperatures are down in the cool 70...

So it's amazing how people are so willing to throw away friendship.  They get angry about something having nothing even to do with y...

So I learned a lesson recently. Sometimes, a kiss is not a kiss.  It could be a phony show.  Like a snake.  It slithers and fools ...

With gratitude to my beautiful daughter, Minna Blumenthal, for sharing this song by Idan Raichel with me.  Shabbat Shalom!

Happy Friday everyone! Yesterday, someone gave me a couple of these bright yellow smileys--one on the back of each of my hands.  I was...

So this was amazing.  I was working with someone for a number of weeks/months.  All of a sudden, I got a complete blow off email from th...

So I love that look on people's face when I say something that just startles them or takes them back a little.  The other day when I...

So we recently took on a new function at work. With that came a new group of employees. Today, we had a wonderful breakfast as a meet ...

So happy Friday funday.  We work hard during the week, right. Today in the office, we replaced some old metal clunker garbage cans wit...

So here are some quickies on the essence of time management. 1. Urgency vs Importance: Don't sacrifice the important items for the...

So a very nice elderly lady we know from synagogue took a bad fall and broke her leg really badly...like in half. She put up on Face...

I thought this was really fascinating about how we interact with others. It's a theory by Martin Buber called the I-Thou relationshi...

Awesome day today with my team at work.  We had a half-day team building.  Started off with a Play-Doh exercise where we had to answer...

I thought this was an interesting phrase someone used the other day to describe their personality. They called themselves an "Intro...

So I've learned it's not all about the money and the title.  What is the most important is being around good, decent people. I...

So I am learning that synagogue is more than a place to worship G-d.  It is a place of and for the people to express their full rang...