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

We all know that people respond better to some managers than others—for some, people will go “the extra mile.” University of Virgi...

This video was just great! This is a world target architecture that I can buy into, any day.

Someone sent me this beautiful poem; I hope you find it as meaningful as I do. SLOW DANCE Have you ever watched kids On a merry-go-round?...

Rarely does a movie get an 8.7 out of 10 in the reviews, so I had to go see the movie 127 Hours about Aron Ralston, the hiker who got tr...

I always love on the court television show Judge Hatchett, when she tells people: "I expect great things from you!" The Pygmalion ...

I was fortunate to be in a terrific leadership development class this week held in coordination with University of Virginia, and one ...

Not sure if this is serious or a joke, but I received an email for an alternative to body scanners at the airports -- may seem a bit crude,...

Anyway, I’m reading this book about achieving personal wellbeing and there is a section about a study that was done where people were given...

Computerworld, 8 November 2010, has an article called “ Ozzie to Microsoft: Simplify, Simplify .” Unless Microsoft can become nimbler and le...

We are an always on technology society--anywhere, anytime, anyhow. Check out the new Microsoft commercial with some examples. (Note: I am no...

eHarmony and Match.com and other matchmaking sites are all the rage on the single scene with recommended partners for people being done by c...

Click here for the audio of my speech at the Adobe Government Assembly on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Subscribe to all...

I’m sure you’ve noticed that we are historically and fundamentally a consumerist society . We spend a lot of time and money shopping an...

[Pictured from Left Kevin Brownstein, McAfee; Andy Blumenthal, ATF; John Landwehr, Adobe; Jack Holt, DoD] Today, I participated on behalf o...

In a leadership course this week, I was introduced to the “ Insights Wheel of Color Energies,” a framework for understanding people’s p...

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

Over a number of years, I’ve seen different management strategies for engaging employees. At their essence, they typically amount to nothing...

This week, we as humankind were renewed by the rescue of the 33 miners in Chile. “Viva Chile! They Left No Man Behind” writes Peggy Noon...

I really liked the article in MIT Sloan Management Review (Fall 2010) called “Designing the Soft Side of Customer Service” by Dasu and Chase...