Take Pleasure in our “Toil”?

Post author:Ray Randolph
Post published:May 6, 2024
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"The author of Ecclesiastes picks up on this […theme of satisfaction]. There we are told, 'Everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil — this is…

“Filling and subduing” the World

Post author:Ray Randolph
Post published:May 2, 2024
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God's command to Adam and Eve in Genesis 1:28 (ESV) includes this phrase: Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it… Author Tim Keller explains: "So the…

God Worked for the Sheer Joy of it

Post author:Ray Randolph
Post published:April 30, 2024
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"In the beginning, then, God worked. Work was not a necessary evil that came into the picture later, or something human beings were created to do but that was beneath…

Humans Created to Work

Post author:Ray Randolph
Post published:April 29, 2024
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"Humans are created, equipped, and called to work (Gen 1:26-28). God is a worker. We were created in his image. God designed us to stay busy. Moreover, God invites us…

A Message for Leaders on the Lean Journey

Post author:Ray Randolph
Post published:April 27, 2024
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"On this journey you learn to impose on yourself the same kind of disciplined adherence to process you now expect of operators in following their standardized work or standardized procedures.…

If You Want Better Results…

Post author:Ray Randolph
Post published:April 25, 2024
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"If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead. What do I mean by this? Are goals completely useless? Of course not. Goals are…

How to Be an Extraordinary Leader

Post author:Ray Randolph
Post published:April 24, 2024
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"…we too can become extraordinary leaders if we only embrace the fact that success is not so much a function of intelligence or natural ability, but rather of commitment to…

The Capability of Your People

Post author:Ray Randolph
Post published:April 22, 2024
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"Remember, the ability of your company to be competitive and survive lies not so much in solutions themselves, but in the capability of the people in your organization to understand…

Leadership and Culture

Post author:Ray Randolph
Post published:April 19, 2024
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"I have come to think of leadership and culture as so intertwined that one cannot existing without the other." The Toyota Way 2nd Edition by Jeffrey K. Liker (McGraw Hill,…

Building a Culture

Post author:Ray Randolph
Post published:April 18, 2024
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"Building a culture takes years of applying a consistent approach with consistent principles." The Toyota Way 2nd Edition by Jeffrey K. Liker (McGraw Hill, 2021) p. 230.