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Paul Critchley is the President at New England Lean Consulting which offers services that include Business Consulting, Management Consulting, Strategic Planning and Change Management.  He received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University, his Master of Science in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic University and his Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Quinnipiac University.  Paul is an accomplished Keynote Speaker, Host of the New England Lean Podcast and Co-Author of “The Whole Professional”, a book which focuses on a success in life in 4 key areas; physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual.  Paul is an experienced senior leader and also an expert in the Lean Methodology.  He is passionate about continuous improvement at every level.

How busy is your shop floor? How occupied is your team? Are your machines always running? Are you happy with your growth and operational efficiency? While you might be content with what you have right now, the question is, why would you not make more money if you could without increased efforts or resources.

In this episode, Paul Critchley, President of New England Lean Consulting, shares why culture is more important to him than tools. Paul shares why it's important to engage with all staff when they have ideas or solutions to major problems. He also shared an $800 kaizen event that resulted in huge savings, reduction in stress level, and overtime of employees

Today’s guest is Paul Critchley, Paul Critchley is a recognized thought leader on employee engagement and continuous improvement and has helped businesses around the world achieve greater levels of success through the application of Lean techniques....

How busy is your shop floor? How occupied is your team? Are your machines always running? Are you happy with your growth and operational efficiency? While you might be content with what you have right now, the question is, why would you not make more money if you could without increased efforts or resources. In today's episode, our guest is Paul Critchley from New England Lean Consulting. Paul discusses practical examples of how to apply 5S of Lean to your organization, and also shares his insights into how the application of Lean differs from High-Volume, Low-Mix organizations (such as Automotive) to that of Job Shops, which are High-Mix, Low- Volume. Finally, he clears some of the misconceptions around Lean and how applying Lean principles can fuel your organization's faster growth.

Joining me today is a guest host, my friend Paul Critchley. Paul has been a guest blogger here on LeanBlog.org. A few months back, we also collaborated to host a “Measures of Success” workshop in Massachusetts. We had some whiskey together after the workshop so we're doing the same here in the podcast.

Paul and Ron discussed some of the roadblocks organizations typically experience on their lean journeys, as well as what it means to be “winning” at lean.