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

So today I learned from Bear Grylls how survival comes in 3s. That basically, the rule of thumb is that you can live:  - 3 minutes w...

Back in primary school, the kids used to call these "daddy long legs".  Like everyone else, I've had the opportunity to ...

Yes, this is what it looks like. I saw this motorcycle driver dead on the street and the cycle beside him/her. Apparently the truck ...

Really love this mural of kids and adults holding together in joy and brotherhood, the big sun with the smiley face, and the butterflie...

Before the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, I wanted to share this beautiful photo that my daughter took of the skyline.  I love the...

This new robot named Baxter, by Rethink Robots, is practically being touted as the greatest thing since Swiss cheese--"allowing our p...

So we took our daughter out to shoot some arrows. She was really good, shooting off one after another and hitting the bullseye way do...

There is an interesting exercise that examines and trains leaders on strengths and weaknesses. In the exercise, there are 8 primary ...

This was an amazing photo that my daughter took. I don't know bugs and don't like bugs, but this photo is incredible to me. ...

So yesterday, I was on one of the hikes of my life. After a certain period of time, I said that we had had better head back, leaving ...

In leadership class, I learned that in performance management, there are two major types of issues--conduct and performance.  In cond...

The Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) is tonight, and it is a time of introspection and commitment to do better in the future. On Ro...

An extra-terrestrial (ET) from outer-space is alien to the human race and our culture and norms. You wouldn't expect an ET--desp...

This is a picture I took at the Renaissance Festival. The guy is throwing an ax in a pretty serious way.  While everyone else was d...

Ira Chaleff speaks about his book The Courageous Fellowship . After seeing holocaust survivors with numbers tattooed on their arms from ...

Dr. Ben Bissell has a terrific presentation on Managing Change and Transitions . Basically Bissell explains that when we face Signifi...

So I made some new "friends" on the train home this evening. These two Tibetan Buddhist Monks. I asked about their amazing ...

Today, I had the opportunity to see one of the best leadership videos I have ever seen, called "Leadership: An Art of Possibility...

Last night, we heard screaming.  We were woken out of our sleep, by a blood-curdling cry. I ran to the window to see what was going ...

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

Want to know who is going to win the Presidential election?   Just ask 7-Eleven! With the rollout of 7-Election, they have accurate...

I have a new article in Public CIO magazine called Trophy Kids at Work .  Millennials may be having a tough time finding work-...

My daughter brought this incredible video to my attention--conjoined twins Abby & Brittany--age 22--share a body from the waist down. ...

This is an amazing video of the horrors of the Holocaust expressed through modern-day Israeli Rap music and ballet interpretation. The v...

It's really hypocritical that on one hand we put innovation on a pedestal, but on the other hand, we tend to nix new ideas.  The...

People are people, but there are some who walk a fine and dangerous line.  Some are stable, rational people--those, that we hope we ...

This was a very effective ad that I saw in the doctor's office for weight loss.  Look at all the problems that excess weight c...

I am not talking about socialism or totalitarianism, but about computers and artificial intelligence. For a long time, we have see...

In the spirit of the election season, this was a funny/serious display of feminist bravado in Washington, D.C.  Having a big feminis...

These were pictures of some water sculptures that I took at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.  The waterfalls remind me ...