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

This is not a vendor or product endorsement, but I saw one of these video collaboration devices in action today and wanted to share. I...

Here are some amazing photographs from Yann Arthus-Bertrand . This is someone who can truly see the bigger picture and help us to see it...

Note: This is not an endorsement of any vendor or product, but I thought this short video on enterprise architecture planning and capital pl...

The Search For Servant Leadership in A Chilean Mine I’ve been following the story this week about the 33 miners trapped half a mile ...

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I saw the "Bufalino" mini RV by designer Cornelius Comanns, profiled in DVICE...

I just discovered the Ciclotte stationary bicycle. You may have to take a double take before the bulb goes on and you even recognize t...

Here are some great little videos that explain Social Networking, Blogging, and Tweeting in Plain English: 1) Social Networking 2) Blogging ...

Traditionally, the IT market has been deeply fragmented with numerous vendors offering countless of products and IT leaders have been left h...

Emergency Management Magazine (July/August 2010) has an article called “Life Savers” that describes how a convergence of new technologies ...

I am not endorsing any vendor or product, but here's an impressive video on what Recorded Future is doing with what they call a " ...

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 ...