Knowledge Counts: Lean Construction with Carla Ciepliski, P.Eng., Owner of Ternion Results Inc.

Carla Ciepliski is an industrial engineer, consultant and coach with over 20 years of multi-sector experience including 6 years in the design and construction value chain. She helps companies along their transformational journey by improving business performance and building processes/systems to simultaneously achieve results, develop people and improve the operating culture. Carla’s career was grounded at Procter & Gamble with the ‘best in class’ application of tools, methodologies and innovations occurring at every level and location within the business. Inside this corporate environment, she held key leadership roles in multiple cities across North America before returning to western Canada to consult, leveraging the Lean ideology as one of the primary inspirations. She is also a very active volunteer in local construction association’s Lean Community of Practice activities as well as on the Board of Examiners for APEGA. At present, Carla is most inspired to fuel the Lean Design & Construction movement in Canada; and is energized by the growing number project leaders and businesses who are choosing to embrace it. • Host: Wendy Hobbs, PQS(F) • Guest: Carla Ciepliski, P.Eng. • Producer: Ryan Schriml About Our Guest: Carla Ciepliski is an industrial engineer, consultant and coach with over 20 years of multi-sector experience including 6 years in the design and construction value chain. She helps companies along their transformational journey by improving business performance and building processes/systems to simultaneously achieve results, develop people and improve the operating culture. Carla’s career was grounded at Procter & Gamble with the ‘best in class’ application of tools, methodologies and innovations occurring at every level and location within the business. Inside this corporate environment, she held key leadership roles in multiple cities across North America before returning to western Canada to consult, leveraging the Lean ideology as one of the primary inspirations. She is also a very active volunteer in local construction association’s Lean Community of Practice activities as well as on the Board of Examiners for APEGA. At present, Carla is most inspired to fuel the Lean Design & Construction movement in Canada; and is energized by the growing number project leaders and businesses who are choosing to embrace it. For complete show notes, go to https://ciqs.org/podcast.