Intro: Welcome to the E6S-Methods podcast with Jacob and Aaron, 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 152B, we continue with Stave 2 of "A Business Carol" To get the full commercial free release (for free), fill out the form at http://e6s-methods.com/book-releases or email me, "Aaron," aaron@e6s-methods.com, and I'll send you the link to download all 8 audio files. For now, please enjoy stave 2. If you like this episode, be sure to click the "like" link in the show notes. It's easy. Just tap our logo, click and you're done. Tap-click-done! Here we go. http://bit.ly/E6S-152B Leave a Review! 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-releasees

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

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 152B of the E6S-Methods podcast. Stay tuned for episode 153 where we tell the story of a superstar Black Belt and her journey from "Russia to Riches," to be released Christmas Day (ish) depending on where you are in the world. Jacob and I are working on an entire new catalog of episodes for 2017. If there is anything in particular you would like to learn more about, now is the time to let us know. Just email me, "Aaron" aaron@e6s-methods.com. Until then, please continue to enjoy the rest of 2016. Be present, and enjoy it. And.... "Journey through Success," Nostrovia! www.E6S-Methods.com. Leave a Review! http://bit.ly/E6S-iTunes