E6S-106 E6S Holiday Special (cont.): A Business Carol - Stave 1 – Author Anwar El-Homsi

Intro: Welcome to the E6S-Methods podcast with Jacob and Aaron, brought to you by E6S Industries, your weekly dose of tips and tricks to achieve excellent performance in your business and career. Join us as we explore deeper into the practical worlds of Lean, Six Sigma, Project Management and Design Thinking. In this episode number 106, we're stretching out the holidays with an audio release of "A Business Carol" To get the full commercial free release (for free), fill out the form at http://e6s-methods.com/book-releasees or email me directly at aaron@e6s-methods.com, and I'll send you the link to my google drive where you can download the zip file. It's about 90MB. Until then, please enjoy stave 1 right now. Here we go. http://bit.ly/E6S-106; http://bit.ly/E6S-iTunes

I A Business Carol: Basically, what is the story about?

a. What inspired you to write it?

II Without giving up too much, tell us about Dave? I think we all have a “Dave” in our offices.

III Quotation: “Anwar, really! Be present. You’re worrying about the past. You’re worrying about the future. You’re missing the present, this current moment.” “Be. Here. Now.”

IV Some Cameo Appearances: Economist Adam Smith, Dr. Deming, First IBM PC, A sinister future,

V Quotation: “Stop hoarding tiny crumbs while the loaf of life grows stale right in front of you. Break the bread and spread it around.”

VI A Business Carol is available to download for free at the links in the show notes. And – as valuable listeners Anwar and I have teamed up to give you an audio version of the book featuring ME (Aaron Spearin) as the narrator.

a. Free audiobook: http://e6s-methods.com/book-releases

i. Submit your info on the form to receive the free audiobook A Business Carol.

b. Free written e-book: http://corporatesigma.com/resources/books/a-business-carol/

i. Click “Download Now”

VII Who is Dr. Anwar El-Homsi? Author, Engineer, Statistician, and Systems Thinker: He has over 20 years of quality, reliability, and statistics experience in a variety of industries. Dr. El-Homsi held engineering and management positions at Verizon, Space Systems Loral, and Cisco Systems and he has been a Consultant for Fortune 100 to privately held companies and non-profit organizations such as are Bausch & Lomb, Bombardier, GM, American Red Cross, JPMorgan Chase, Excellus BlueCross, Preferred Care, Wegmans, and Abraxis BioScience. Dr. El-Homsi specializes in Design and Innovation, Design Thinking, Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Reliability Engineering, and Statistical Analysis. He is the originator of the CREŌ problem solving model and the author of four books: “Harmonization”, “A Business Carol”, “Corporate Sigma”, and “TPS-Lean Six Sigma”.

Outro: Thanks for listening to episode 106. Be sure to get your free copy of "A Business Carol" and share it with a friend. "Break the bread and spread it around." Jacob and I are working on an entire new catalog of episodes for 2016. If there is anything in particular you would like to learn more detail about, now is the time to let us know. Just email me at aaron@e6s-methods.com. Until then, please continue to enjoy the rest of 2015. Be present, and enjoy it. Don't forget our motto, "Journey through Success," Cheers! www.E6S-Methods.com.