Six Sigma Interview with an Emerging Excellence Practitioner

I am pleased to share details of a brief interview held recently with an emerging Six Sigma Excellence practitioner!!

Here are the answers of what Six Sigma means to him in various scenarios that he encounters in daily life!!

1. What does Six Sigma mean to you at home?

For me Six Sigma at Home means:

·       Eating food without spilling around

·       Keeping the set of clothes that I am going to wear next day in the designated place ready, so I don't search

·       Insert the belt inside the trouser buckles (so I can put it on fast)

·       Going to sleep on time and getting up on time

2. What does Six Sigma mean to you when you travel by train?

For me Six Sigma when I am travelling by train means...

·       Toilets be clean and tidy

·       Not finding people sitting on the roof of the train (I see that shown on TV!!)

·       Reaching my destination on time without delay

·       Travelling with right ticket

·       Not finding beggars in the train

3. What does Six Sigma mean when you travel with family in a car?

For me Six Sigma when I travel in a car means...

·       Car is neat and clean (Take a look inside your car!!)

·       Putting on the belt

·       Not pushing people to get into the car!!

·       Getting out in the correct side when car stops

·       The driver should not drink or eat while driving the car (think about the versatile drivers who multi-task!!)

·       The person driving should not speak on mobile phone (think about folks trying to hide their phone to avoid paying fine to the cop)

·       The person driving should not drive very fast (think about folks racing on the road!!)

4. What does Six Sigma means to you when you are at the educational institution?

For me Six Sigma in the school means...

·       Fall in straight line in the assembly / prayer session on the ground

·       Not push or shove colleagues while falling in line for the prayer

·       Not litter paper in around the school premises (think about folks spitting and throwing anything they like anywhere in public places!!)

·       Report to school and assembly in time (think about folks who never come to in time in office meetings!!)

·       Not talk / disturb in the class (when teacher is there or away) (think about folks who talk on the mobile while a class room or meeting is on!!)

·       Not pull or push people sitting near me (think about folks trying to get in or get out of the train or jostling to get security cleared in airport or to get out of airplane on landing)

·       Obey teacher's instructions properly

The person taking the interview was me.

Can you guess who was giving the interview?

Go below in this post for the answer!!

 

 

The person giving the interview was Mast. Ashwin (6 year old) studying at Kendriya Vidyalaya (Hebbal - Bangalore).

This is the version of 6 Sigma from a 6-Year Old!!

Happy Children's Day !!

Sethu V

14^th Nov 2008

Bangalore, India

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KAIZEN BANK Launched

I am pleased to announce the GO LIVE of our own KAIZEN BANK starting 7th NOVEMBER 2008.

KAIZEN in Japanese means "Change for Good" (Continous Improvement - in simple language).

The KAIZEN BANK is created for the benefit of the Global Lean Six Sigma Excellence forum members to share improvements they have implemented and cross learn from others. The application has been kept simple and functional to make it easy for you to start using it on a regular basis.

Members can:

• View the Kaizens in the KAIZEN BANK
• Search, filter, sort, group the data as you desire to get a refined view
• Add new Kaizens (Use the "Add" link at the top menu bar of the Kaizen Bank page menu bar)

For more details, visit the Global Lean Six Sigma Forum at http://leansigma.collectivex.com

I invite you to visit the Kaizen Bank and actively contribute Kaizens from your professional and personal life, learn from others Kaizens and drive excellence!! I’d like to create an ocean of improvement ideas we can collectively generate, nicely organized in a database, open 24x7 for you to browse, filter/sort, cherry pick to implement and benefit!!

I leave you with this nice little quote!!

Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people

(Have you done a Kaizen today - Come on board and share it with the world at the “KAIZEN BANK”

Sethu V

(Group Manager)

Global Lean Six Sigma Excellence Forum

http://leansigma.collectivex.com

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Global Lean Six Sigma forum is ONE month young!!

The "Global Lean Six Sigma Excellence Forum" recently launched has just completed one month's presence on the web. (We went live on 15th August 2008).

It has been an eventful month and the highlights are summarized below.

Membership Highlights

* We are 360+ members strong (Thanks to each member bringing in good friends and contacts on board @12 members every day of the month!!)
* We are ranked 65 among 6300 sites in CollectiveX platform (based on membership strength) (Sign up / Link up your friends and let's reach Top 10 very soon??)
* Membership from all five continents of the world (already global??)
* Major membership from India, Middle East, USA, Continental Europe and UK. Expect other countries will catch up very soon!!
* Rapidly growing page views (22,000 till date and growing stronger everyday!!)

Feature and Discussion Highlights

* 60+ discussion posts till date
* Quick Polls and Surveys (Cast your vote !!) and results (every fortnight)
* Six Sigma Crossword Puzzle (every month)
* Articles and Write-ups on subject matter topics (Need more contributions from each member !! - Participate actively and make it happen!!)
* E-Books and Magazines (Adding more in the coming weeks - Feel free to suggest/recommend and upload / linkup your collections !!)

* Upgraded Forum Platform and GUI (Thanks to Clarence, Joe and team at Collectivex) The new features include:

* Group Blog feature (Write your mind and heart out!!)
* Wider / Better Layout and User Interface - and pleasant look!!
* More features coming up in the near future !!

We are now a Mobile enabled forum (Login from any GPRS enabled device at http://leansigma.mofuse.mobi to browse the forum)

Live visitor Location and Count Statistics (Visit http://www4.clustrmaps.com/counter/m...ollectivex.com)

What next?
We are adding the following to the forum very soon.

* Multiple language (translation) facility (ensure wider reach!!)
* Enhance video, audio and textual content in existing discussion forums and add more
* Add Live web-casting (Audio/Video) features (So we can beam any event live on our site!!)
* Add many more templates and useful online tools, demos and E-Learning modules
* Launch our own magazine!! (Volunteers needed - Copywriting and Creative brains !!)
* Launch an Kaizen corner (you can post Kaizens (small improvements) and build a kaizen database to mutually benefit the members!!)
* Add lot more convenience features to make the forum a fun and productive place

Join in now at http://leansigma.collectivex.com to "CONNECT - SHARE - LEARN" and benefit from the forum!!


Sethu V
Group Manager
(Global Lean Six Sigma Excellence forum)
W: http://leansigma.collectivex.com

Global Lean Six Sigma Excellence - Online Forum launched

eXample Consulting Group (www.examplecg.com) is pleased to announce the launch of a new "GLOBAL LEAN SIX SIGMA EXCELLENCE" online forum for the benefit of the professional community.

The core objectives of this forum are:
• Link industry professionals, Six Sigma and Lean practitioners across the globe
• Enable excellence aspirants to get well initiated into Six Sigma
• Enable practitioners to sharpen their process improvement competencies based on Six Sigma and associated frameworks
• Facilitate sharing, learning, standardization, benchmarking and drive thought leadership

The forum shall have a key focus on enabling Business and Operational Excellence built around Six Sigma, Lean, Design for Six Sigma and Balanced Scorecard and shall include a wider gamut of Process maturity frameworks in due course.

The forum shall serve as a platform to enable the professional community to "CONNECT - SHARE - LEARN" and enrich their intellectual and execution capabilities. It shall also help create a reliable repository of Six Sigma and Lean applications across various industry sectors besides contributing to drive excellence thinking and action in personal and professional life.

The forum shall be moderated by eXample Consulting Group (www.examplecg.com). As we gain momentum, an independent group of moderators shall be established to oversee specific subject matter areas.

You are invited to join this forum and "CONNECT - SHARE - LEARN" and benefit!! Please visit http://leansigma.collectivex.com to quickly register and participate in the Global Lean Six Sigma Excellence forum.

Once you sign up, you may also invite colleagues, contacts and associates to join and benefit.

For further details, contact

Sethu V
W: http://leansigma.collectivex.com

eXample Consulting Group launches Lean Six Sigma Black Belt public programs

eXample Consulting Group is pleased to announce the launch of its immensely practical LEAN SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT CERTIFICATION public workshops for the benefit of organizations and experienced industry professionals.


eXample Consulting group ventured into the public workshop segment about a year back with the launch of our immensely practical Six Sigma Green Belt public workshops.


In a short span, eXample Consulting has successfully:

• Trained and certified over 300+ professionals across various industry sectors in Six Sigma , DFSS and Lean Excellence methodologies with client and participant representation from USA, Canada, UK, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Nigeria, Malaysia, Australia besides India.

• Trained and Certified participants from leading companies in IT, BPO, Telecom, FMCG, Retail, Manufacturing, Engineering, Automotive, Logistics, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Hospitality, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Energy, Media, Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Consulting and many other sectors.

• Conducted immensely practical SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT CERTIFICATION public workshops at major Indian cities i.e.,, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Gurgaon (Delhi/NCR), Kolkata, Hyderabad and Pune

• Ensured each of our Six Sigma public workshops (28 of them) held till date were conducted 100% as scheduled with ZERO cancellations, postponement or date changes.(Experience certainty!!)

• Consulted, trained and advised leading organizations across Manufacturing, IT and Services sectors in Six Sigma, Lean Excellence, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), BPR and Process/Operational Excellence areas

• Launched Six Sigma and Lean Excellence programs customized for Management and Technical stream of students titled Six Sigma - Institutional Programs ("Catch them young")

eXample Consulting Group is now pleased to launch LEAN SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT certification programs that enable organizations and individuals move to the next higher level of driving excellence thinking and action

eXample Consulting Group's LEAN SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT CERTIFICATION public programs
• Are designed to be conducted mostly over two consecutive weekends keeping in mind the needs of industries and working professionals

• Incorporate Lean and advanced Six Sigma Black Belt curriculum to develop well rounded competencies in Six Sigma professionals

• Enable participants to build mastery of Six Sigma thinking and execute complex and challenging breakthrough projects as well as realize accelerated career growth

• Inculcate far superior objective management thinking and action in organizations and industry professionals

Industry professionals with 2+ years experience (Company sponsored or Individual) and Green Belt qualified shall be eligible to enroll in the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification program.

The schedule of our forthcoming LEAN SIX SIGMA CERTIFICATION Public workshops is given below.

LEAN SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP

BANGALORE on 25, 26, 27 July and 2, 3 August 2008

CHENNAI on 15, 16, 17, 23, 24 August 2008

SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP

MUMBAI - 4, 5 and 6th JULY 2008

BANGALORE - 11, 12 and 13th JULY 2008

CHENNAI - 8, 9 and 10th AUGUST 2008

GURGAON (DELHI/NCR) - 29, 30, 31 AUGUST 2008

eXample Consulting Group shall be further:

• Expanding Lean Six Sigma Black Belt programs across Mumbai, Delhi and other metros

• Launching Six Sigma programs at mid level towns in India as well as Middle East and Asia Pacific markets

• Crafting vertical specific Six Sigma, Lean and Design for Six Sigma offerings for the benefit of services and manufacturing sectors

To view our Six Sigma and Lean Excellence Green Belt and Black Belt public program schedules, download brochure and register, visit http://www.examplecg.com/services/lean_sixsigma.htm


For past public workshop highlights visit http://www.examplecg.com/services/past%20program.html

For Corporate / In-house Six Sigma and Lean Excellence engagement programs, reach us at sixsigma-at-examplecg.com

To know more about eXample Consulting Group's practice offerings,visit www.examplecg.com

Thanks for your time and consideration

Warm regards,

Sethu V
Practice Director
eXample India
(An eXample Consulting Group firm)
Bangalore, India
T: +91-80-4128 1482
M: +91-99862 73363
E: sixsigma@examplecg.com
W: www.examplecg.com
(Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do)
USA • UK • Kenya • India

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About us,
eXample Consulting Group (www.examplecg.com) is a Solution Consulting firm offering Strategy, Process and Operational excellence, Six Sigma, Lean, DFSS, Balanced Scorecard, E-Business (ERP, SCM and CRM), Outsourcing and Offshore advisory consulting, training and certification services to global clients in Americas, UK/Europe, Middle East/Africa, India and Asia Pacific regions in Energy, Banking , Finance, Insurance, Automotive/Engineering, Manufacturing/Logistics, Consumer goods/Retail, Infrastructure/Construction, Telecom, IT and Shared Services sectors. eXample has presence in USA, UK, Kenya and India and works through partners in Canada, South Africa, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Sri Lanka, Singapore and New Zealand.
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Getting Six Sigma Certified !!

Hi,
If you are an experienced industry professional keen to acquire Six Sigma skills and certification, please read on...

eXample Consulting Group (www.examplecg.com) conducts country wide series of immensely practical and superior value SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT CERTIFICATION public workshops.

It could be of immense relevance and interest to you, your organization and individual employees to participate and benefit.

Professionals (Indian / NRIs / Foreign nationals / Individual or Company sponsored) with 2+ years work experience can enroll and benefit.

Participants in the recent workshops include executives from Top, Senior, Middle and Junior levels across a wide range of business functions from leading Indian, MNC and International companies in diverse range of sectors such as FMCG, Retail, Manufacturing, Logistics, Automotive, IT, Telecom, Consulting, ITES/BPO, KPO, Real Estate, Banking, Finance, Insurance among other sectors.

To view our past program highlights, please visit http://www.examplecg.com/services/past%20program.html

The programs also offer an add-on option for participants to obtain “INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION” from eXample USA.
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For forthcoming program schedules, download brochure and E-register, please visit http://www.examplecg.com/services/lean_sixsigma.htm

(If you do not find a program scheduled in your town/city, please send in an e-mail to sixsigma-at-examplecg.com with your name, city and organization. We shall keep you posted once sessions are announced to be held in your city/town)

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For any queries / assistance
- E-mail to sixsigma-at-examplecg.com with participant name(s)/city/organization (or)

Call/SMS
- Mr. Sethu V (+91-99862 73363 or 080-4128 1482) (All Cities)
- Mr. Ram K (+91-98201 58537 or 022-4015 9748) (Mumbai)
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For Corporate Six Sigma engagement programs and Alliance / Partner relationships, please reach us at sixsigma-at-examplecg.com

Register early as there are limited seats!!

Thanks for your time, interest and consideration.
Best regards,


eXample Consulting Group
www.examplecg.com

Enquiries - enquiry-at-examplecg.com
Careers - careers-at-examplecg.com
Partner/Alliances - pcn-at-examplecg.com

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About us,
eXample Consulting Group (www.examplecg.com) is a Solution Consulting firm offering Strategy, Process and E-Business consulting, training and Offshore Advisory services to global clients in Americas, UK/Europe, Middle East/Africa, India and Asia Pacific regions in Oil and Gas, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing/Logistics, Consumer goods/Retail, Telecom, IT and Shared Services sectors. eXample has presence in USA, UK, Kenya and India and works through partners in Canada, South Africa, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Sri Lanka, Singapore and New Zealand.
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