Moses & McDonalds.
By Edtrader Oct. 5th, 2021
How can one compare one of the preliminary figures of Christianity with one of the preliminary fast-food companies.? Well, I am not so much comparing McDonalds as I am Roy Kroc. A few years ago, there was a movie called The Founder. With Michael Keaton as Roy Kroc. Who, as we will get into more, made Mcdonalds the major chain restaurant we know today. When I saw this movie, it hit me that Roy and Moses had quite a few similarities.
By Edtrader Oct. 5th, 2021
How can one compare one of the preliminary figures of Christianity with one of the preliminary fast-food companies.? Well, I am not so much comparing McDonalds as I am Roy Kroc. A few years ago, there was a movie called The Founder. With Michael Keaton as Roy Kroc. Who, as we will get into more, made Mcdonalds the major chain restaurant we know today. When I saw this movie, it hit me that Roy and Moses had quite a few similarities.
As we know when Moses' people the Israelites were enslaved to the Egyptians. To keep their population down the Pharaoh ordered all newborn boys to be killed. His mother floated him down the Nile River where he was found by the Pharaoh's daughter. She is known as Bithia which even circular historians agree she existed. And that she saved a boy from the river named Moses. So, he was ultimately raised as royalty.
But if you look at Exodus 2:11 you see the first quality he and Roy Kroc share as great leaders.
Moses was not one to just sit up with the rest of his royal family. He would go out among his people, and he saw the problems they had. He saw he had to act. Granted Moses' situation is heavier, and he had a heavier response. Killing the Egyptian that smite his fellow Brethren.
Looking at Roy Kroc he was a restaurant equipment salesman. But before he would sale something he would have to find out how it worked. He would have to see the insides of a blinder and be showed how exactly it works. Down to what each single screw did. As there weren't really major chain restaurants, he had to go out among what was called mom and pop places. Usually, a single restaurant owned by a family. Some as small as a cart. So, he didn't learn the industry at Harvard. He learned it at the factories and out in the field. If you study a lot of successful people, the majority of them learned at the ground level.
For us wrestling fans Vince McMahon started working for his dad Vince McMahon Sr's Capitol Sports. Which they promoted wrestling, boxing, basketball, etc. Vince Jr could have been taught by his dad up in the office. But instead, he first sold popcorn. Then he worked seating up chairs and tables. Next, he worked with the ring setup crew. But then he was the finish runner as they call it. The who wins or loses and how laid out by Vince Sr. Jr would have to carry that from the office to the dressing rooms. That's where he learned how to talk to the wrestlers. How to deal and mange with their personalities.
He also worked out with the wrestlers and learned how to do all the bumps. He learned what it feels like to be bodyslammed. His philosophy is he wouldn't ask anyone to do something he wouldn't do himself. There is video of him zip-gliding from the top of the building to the ring. Prior to Shawn Michaels doing it before Wrestlemania 12. Well, it all worked out as Vince made the WWE the billion-dollar company we know today.
More to the point, later on when Roy built McDonalds, he didn't do it at an office building. He learned how each individual piece of equipment worked. He learned from people that had been in the mom-and-pop businesses. He went to where they were building McDonalds and saw their construction from the start of pouring the foundation.
As each location was starting, he would be there in the cooking area. Training people how to flip burgers. He knew the challenges ahead as he had saw how the mom-and-pop places failed or succeed. He could lead as he walked, he same floors each teenage burger flipper did.
This went up to the corporate level as well. Fred Turner, who we will talk about later, said that in corporate meetings he would base his decisions and criticisms of other corporate heads with his hand-to-hand knowledge. How a proposal would not make food production any faster or easier. Due to his knowing how burgers flip. He even knew the exact temperatures fries should be cooked in various altitudes. He knows how people in Arizona would take advertisements differently than those in Texas.
To put it in context with my job. There were various changes in procedures that came down from people that have never ran, nor even seen, my machines. Many of these changes were based on two operators running 1B, 2B, and the B Filter Press. Basically, one keeps the B machines running while the other refills bowls and build boxes for the two A machines and Hyundai. Then back to both running the Bs. As the A machines their productivity had been below standard for quite a while. It was thought that maybe they spend too much time with their components and making boxes. This went on a few weeks. Now someone from corporate came down and saw me doing my startups.
He looked around there was no other 2nd shift B operator. The two 1st guys were doing their final paperwork and our guest asked Tyler where the other B operator is. Tyler told him that there isn't one. Tyler told me the look on his face was priceless when he said, “You mean he does this all by himself”. Their productivity stayed the same but mine dropped 20percent. Machine would hang up while I was doing boxes or some parts you have to run hand by hand piece by piece.
D-Day June 6, 1944 came the largest armed invasion in human history. The operation was given the codename OVERLORD. Future President General Eisenhower had a vision that this campaign would bring an end to the World War 2. He and his people were at the edge of the English Channel. Facing an uncertain future, they were scared and doubtful as you can imagine. His vision was so strong that he was able to led them across and they were ultimately successful. Reaching the promise land of the war coming to an end.
Which is very similar to Moses and his people at the edge of the Red Sea. Facing an uncertain future, they were scared and doubtful as you can imagine. They crossed the Sea and were ultimately successful in reaching their promise land.
You can't lead if you are not steadfast in your vision of the future.
Proverbs 29:18
Which Roy Kroc wasn't the inventor of McDonalds. Richard and his brother Maurice McDonald built a single McDonalds in San Bernardino, California, Roy visited them to sell them a milkshake machine. He saw that their way of hand making milkshakes was even faster than this machine.
His vision take away came in the form of the famous Golden Archs. He sold the McDonalds brothers on the image being more saleable than the food. They could Ex span their profitable business. Being there like I said before from the concrete up as they built McDonalds in California and thru Arizona. Where there are long stretches of road with nothing but dirt in sight. Then then those Golden Archs are seen up in the sky like a sign from heaven as Roy Kroc said. So now they were at the edge of Arizona. Roy saw all of the USA with McDonalds. The McDonald brothers were fearful and doubtful. His steadfast vision was so strong that he reached the promise land. McDonalds are on 270 right over here.
Success leads to Secession. Another thing that makes a good leader is knowing their limits. Knowing what they don't know and bringing in people that do. Delegating responsibility. And eventually leaving your field better than you found it. Moses was human so he wasn't a perfect leader. Exodus chapter 18 we learn that Jethro met Moses in the wilderness with his wife and sons. Moses told Jethro all that God had done to take care of them on their journey out of Slavery. Jethro saw that Moses was on the verge of what we call a burnout. He advised Moses to share the workload. Moses took his advice (Exodus 18:24-26).
But if you look at Exodus 2:11 you see the first quality he and Roy Kroc share as great leaders.
Moses was not one to just sit up with the rest of his royal family. He would go out among his people, and he saw the problems they had. He saw he had to act. Granted Moses' situation is heavier, and he had a heavier response. Killing the Egyptian that smite his fellow Brethren.
Looking at Roy Kroc he was a restaurant equipment salesman. But before he would sale something he would have to find out how it worked. He would have to see the insides of a blinder and be showed how exactly it works. Down to what each single screw did. As there weren't really major chain restaurants, he had to go out among what was called mom and pop places. Usually, a single restaurant owned by a family. Some as small as a cart. So, he didn't learn the industry at Harvard. He learned it at the factories and out in the field. If you study a lot of successful people, the majority of them learned at the ground level.
For us wrestling fans Vince McMahon started working for his dad Vince McMahon Sr's Capitol Sports. Which they promoted wrestling, boxing, basketball, etc. Vince Jr could have been taught by his dad up in the office. But instead, he first sold popcorn. Then he worked seating up chairs and tables. Next, he worked with the ring setup crew. But then he was the finish runner as they call it. The who wins or loses and how laid out by Vince Sr. Jr would have to carry that from the office to the dressing rooms. That's where he learned how to talk to the wrestlers. How to deal and mange with their personalities.
He also worked out with the wrestlers and learned how to do all the bumps. He learned what it feels like to be bodyslammed. His philosophy is he wouldn't ask anyone to do something he wouldn't do himself. There is video of him zip-gliding from the top of the building to the ring. Prior to Shawn Michaels doing it before Wrestlemania 12. Well, it all worked out as Vince made the WWE the billion-dollar company we know today.
More to the point, later on when Roy built McDonalds, he didn't do it at an office building. He learned how each individual piece of equipment worked. He learned from people that had been in the mom-and-pop businesses. He went to where they were building McDonalds and saw their construction from the start of pouring the foundation.
As each location was starting, he would be there in the cooking area. Training people how to flip burgers. He knew the challenges ahead as he had saw how the mom-and-pop places failed or succeed. He could lead as he walked, he same floors each teenage burger flipper did.
This went up to the corporate level as well. Fred Turner, who we will talk about later, said that in corporate meetings he would base his decisions and criticisms of other corporate heads with his hand-to-hand knowledge. How a proposal would not make food production any faster or easier. Due to his knowing how burgers flip. He even knew the exact temperatures fries should be cooked in various altitudes. He knows how people in Arizona would take advertisements differently than those in Texas.
To put it in context with my job. There were various changes in procedures that came down from people that have never ran, nor even seen, my machines. Many of these changes were based on two operators running 1B, 2B, and the B Filter Press. Basically, one keeps the B machines running while the other refills bowls and build boxes for the two A machines and Hyundai. Then back to both running the Bs. As the A machines their productivity had been below standard for quite a while. It was thought that maybe they spend too much time with their components and making boxes. This went on a few weeks. Now someone from corporate came down and saw me doing my startups.
He looked around there was no other 2nd shift B operator. The two 1st guys were doing their final paperwork and our guest asked Tyler where the other B operator is. Tyler told him that there isn't one. Tyler told me the look on his face was priceless when he said, “You mean he does this all by himself”. Their productivity stayed the same but mine dropped 20percent. Machine would hang up while I was doing boxes or some parts you have to run hand by hand piece by piece.
D-Day June 6, 1944 came the largest armed invasion in human history. The operation was given the codename OVERLORD. Future President General Eisenhower had a vision that this campaign would bring an end to the World War 2. He and his people were at the edge of the English Channel. Facing an uncertain future, they were scared and doubtful as you can imagine. His vision was so strong that he was able to led them across and they were ultimately successful. Reaching the promise land of the war coming to an end.
Which is very similar to Moses and his people at the edge of the Red Sea. Facing an uncertain future, they were scared and doubtful as you can imagine. They crossed the Sea and were ultimately successful in reaching their promise land.
You can't lead if you are not steadfast in your vision of the future.
Proverbs 29:18
Which Roy Kroc wasn't the inventor of McDonalds. Richard and his brother Maurice McDonald built a single McDonalds in San Bernardino, California, Roy visited them to sell them a milkshake machine. He saw that their way of hand making milkshakes was even faster than this machine.
His vision take away came in the form of the famous Golden Archs. He sold the McDonalds brothers on the image being more saleable than the food. They could Ex span their profitable business. Being there like I said before from the concrete up as they built McDonalds in California and thru Arizona. Where there are long stretches of road with nothing but dirt in sight. Then then those Golden Archs are seen up in the sky like a sign from heaven as Roy Kroc said. So now they were at the edge of Arizona. Roy saw all of the USA with McDonalds. The McDonald brothers were fearful and doubtful. His steadfast vision was so strong that he reached the promise land. McDonalds are on 270 right over here.
Success leads to Secession. Another thing that makes a good leader is knowing their limits. Knowing what they don't know and bringing in people that do. Delegating responsibility. And eventually leaving your field better than you found it. Moses was human so he wasn't a perfect leader. Exodus chapter 18 we learn that Jethro met Moses in the wilderness with his wife and sons. Moses told Jethro all that God had done to take care of them on their journey out of Slavery. Jethro saw that Moses was on the verge of what we call a burnout. He advised Moses to share the workload. Moses took his advice (Exodus 18:24-26).
Moses also knew to ask God for a successor.
Numbers 27: 15-18
Roy Kroc knew he didn't know all there was to know in business. He brought in people which one suggested he sale franchises. Meaning he had been taking loans and so forth to build McDonalds. But as it grew in popularity other business people would pay Roy to open their own McDonalds. They followed the guidelines and way of running that Roy had installed. But they paid for the rights to the Archs.
Another piece of advice was going from fresh milk in milkshakes to using powdered milk. It was cheaper than regular milk plus it would really cut down on refrigeration cost. The money they saved from that went into inventing chicken McNuggets. There are people that scientifically design menu layouts. Taking into account how the human eyes and brain works. Roy started using those people.
As he grew older, he realized technology even in the 70s would play a bigger role in their brand. Now remember me telling you Roy would visit the various McDonalds. Training and preparing them from the concrete up. He visited his newest one and went around showing people what they were doing wrong with the fries, or the burgers, or whatever. Except for this one kid who was dressing the burgers correctly. He stopped and said, “actually nothing wrong here, What's you name'? This nervous kid mumbled as he said Turner, Fred Turner. Every time he visited it was the same. This kid was always sharp as a tack.
Who is Fred Turner you ask? Roy made McDonalds the top food joint in the USA. Fred was the one who took in international. Fred worked his way up to be Roy's protegee. Eventually taking his place as CEO. He opened the first Toyko franchise. The first one in Brazil, first in the UK.
Numbers 27: 15-18
Roy Kroc knew he didn't know all there was to know in business. He brought in people which one suggested he sale franchises. Meaning he had been taking loans and so forth to build McDonalds. But as it grew in popularity other business people would pay Roy to open their own McDonalds. They followed the guidelines and way of running that Roy had installed. But they paid for the rights to the Archs.
Another piece of advice was going from fresh milk in milkshakes to using powdered milk. It was cheaper than regular milk plus it would really cut down on refrigeration cost. The money they saved from that went into inventing chicken McNuggets. There are people that scientifically design menu layouts. Taking into account how the human eyes and brain works. Roy started using those people.
As he grew older, he realized technology even in the 70s would play a bigger role in their brand. Now remember me telling you Roy would visit the various McDonalds. Training and preparing them from the concrete up. He visited his newest one and went around showing people what they were doing wrong with the fries, or the burgers, or whatever. Except for this one kid who was dressing the burgers correctly. He stopped and said, “actually nothing wrong here, What's you name'? This nervous kid mumbled as he said Turner, Fred Turner. Every time he visited it was the same. This kid was always sharp as a tack.
Who is Fred Turner you ask? Roy made McDonalds the top food joint in the USA. Fred was the one who took in international. Fred worked his way up to be Roy's protegee. Eventually taking his place as CEO. He opened the first Toyko franchise. The first one in Brazil, first in the UK.