Andy (Avraham) 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...

This is a wonderful example of horribly bad planning. The College of Architecture and Planning apparently didn't plan enough spa...

So I've seen the advertisement for Capital One (Bank) Cafes on TV for some time now. Well I saw my first real one in Fort Lauderdale...

So I was teaching a class in Enterprise Architecture and IT Governance this week.  In one of the class exercises, one of the students pr...

Planning is a critical aspect of making progress toward your goals. As they say; If you fail to plan, plan to fail.  However, planni...

A colleague gave a wonderful talk the other day on process engineering. The key steps to reduce waste (Lean) or variation/defects (Six S...

So there are some mighty impressive places to work that really shine in terms of the technology they use and the constant desire to upgrad...

Thank you to Rabbi Haim Ovadia for his speech today at Magen David Synagogue on the topic of how our forefathers in the Bible were plann...

The table describes the alignment of the various people, process, and technology lifecycles commonly used in Information Technology to the...

Like the all knowing eye... Strategy is our way of trying to forge a coherent path ahead.  Of course, as humans, we are imperfect and ...

So I wanted to share this amazing crosshair diagram... Not because we currently have North Korea in the crosshairs before they hit us ...

So over and over again, good IT goes bad in a flawed decision-making process.  Even with the best laid plans and governance processes in...

So risk management is one of the most important skills for leadership.  Risk is a function of threats, vulnerabilities, probabilities, a...

What beautiful weather we are having this time of year. Just loved this gorgeous Cherry Blossom tree with the white leaves against the p...

Here's an interesting enterprise architecture themed fortune cookie.  "Good luck is the result of good planning.&qu...

Another good depiction of enterprise architecture. What we are, the divide, and what we want to be. We have to make the leap, but only...

So there was an office discussion the other day about something having a "checkered past." And one of my colleagues said wisel...

So I chose this photo to represent bad governance.  The governing board covers their ears, eyes, and mouth. Because they hear and see...

Christopher Mims in the Wall Street Journal  makes the case for letting employees go rogue with IT purchases. It's cheaper, it'...

Interesting book review in the Wall Street Journal on Moments of Impact-- corporate strategy meetings.  The authors, Ertel and Solomo...