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

I saw this and thought this was a clean version of "Never get into a pissing contest."  ;-) (Credit Video: Andy Blumenthal)

So this shutdown has really been an education in political dysfunction, bickering, and childish behavior.  But when President Trump yest...

A colleague was talking to me about negotiating and working with others: He said something I liked:  Listen, empathize, and give a lit...

So there is a saying in Washington, D.C.... "You know you've made it when you have your haters." This is a very politica...

So after the aborted Healthcare bill to replace failing Obamacare, President Trump tweeted about the alt-right's lack of support for t...

Sometimes we may feel that we are right and that's it. Our inclination is perhaps to just do what we think and hold the line.  But ...

So this is what I've learned about conflict management... Obviously, we are better off without conflict and to simply all get along-...

So when it comes to " Crucial Conversations ," they unfortunately frequently end in silence or violence. When the "stakes ...

So everyone with management responsibility whether in business or government gets their share of sales calls.  People are competing to g...

So the Rabbi's wife told us a neat idea about dreams (which was very poetic in Hebrew).  Basically it goes like this: "If you...

I love this desk doodad that I found in the gallery.  Two guys perched at opposite ends of a strewn out ladder, balancing precariously o...

I took this photo from a sticker plastered on the street corner in Washington, D.C.  What I like about it, aside from it's cute, is ...

The New York Times today had an editorial called “Our Unrealistic Hopes for Presidents.” In this piece, Brendan Nyhan lowers the bar on...

Day #3 of the Federal Government Shutdown. I am reminded on the streets of D.C. that there are many others hurting and in need.  Pictu...

Today was Day #1 of the Federal Government Shutdown. Pictured here is rush hour in Washington, D.C.  In terms of raising revenue ...

Why do people laugh and feel pleasure at other people's pain and misfortune? The Wall Street Journal (20 August 2013) reviews the b...

This was a humorous engraved stone that I found in a gift shop today.  It is a Concord  "Words From The Wise," engraved pape...

We are driven to do what? Some of us to succeed and others, seemingly, to various destructive behaviors that thwart our success. I...

I don't know a lot about huge dump trucks. But I wondered what this meant when it says on the back of this multi-ton vehicle--&qu...

In election season, there is a lot of confusing messaging and as citizens, we are left trying to figure out where to go with our country...