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

There is an oft-cited best practice for conflict resolution called the speaker-listener technique —in which the speaker explains their posi...

I love new technology as much or more than the next guy, but... Last month, I came across an article in USA Today called “ Army Ditches Velc...

Check out this video of Rex, The Robotic Exoskeleton. An incredible advance for the disabled in providing better mobility. Light years ahe...

This week I was riding home on the metro one day and I witnessed this strange course of events . Typically, on the DC metro, there is not...

These "21 Suggestions for Success" by H. Jackson Brown Jr. are lessons to live by and lead with. Worthy of posting on the blog, in...

Nice video on cloud computing in the federal government.  Enjoy! Posted via email from Andy Blumenthal - My Blog

The leaders, planners, architects, and consultants in the proverbial ivory tower have become a poignant metaphor for what ails our organizat...

In the government, just getting an “app winner” doesn’t necessarily mean you have a “winning app.” But that’s not stopping us “govies” from ...

Leaders have a choice about the messages they convey to their followers—they can empower people to take ownership and sometimes risk, or th...

I am fascinated by unusual uses of technology. And in fact, that’s what I love about technology—is that it literally applies to every aspect...

Profit is the typical motive of corporations around the world. However, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is becoming more a part of our...

People are selfish; they think in terms of win-lose, not win-win. The cost of this kind of thinking is increasingly unacceptable in a world ...

I was on vacation in Miami last week and had the opportunity to spend some time (when not on the beach and in the pool) in one of my favorit...

We all know that change is not easy, even when it's necessary. As human beings, we question change, fear change, and at times resist ...

See my new article in Public CIO (June 2010) promoting healthy Work-Life Balance and the technology tools and policies that enable it.

There is the old adage that you can only manage what you measure . The problem is that most IT organizations either aren’t measuring much...

Sometimes a leader has to consider and implement a reorganization (“reorg”) as this can benefit a organization. Organizations are not a s...

One of the most important lifelines for a CIO or any executive is the communication from their people. That is why the best leaders go out...

Over time, people have transitioned the way they predominantly get their information and learn , as follows: 1) Experiential —people us...