Jeffrey Liker

Dr. Jeffrey K. Liker is Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan, President of Liker Lean Advisors, and Senior Advisor & Partner, Lean Leadership Institute (online leadership training at www.leanleadership.guru). He is author of the international best-seller, The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer, 2004 and has coauthored seven other books about Toyota including Toyota Culture and The Toyota Product Development System. His most recent books from 2011 are: The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement and The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership. His articles and books have won eleven Shingo Prizes for Research Excellence. In 2012 he was inducted into the Association of Manufacturing Excellence Hall of Fame. He plays golf, watches football and basketball, and is relearning classical guitar which he stopped playing over 30 years ago. His wife Deb and daughter Emma, support his writing and his son Jesse is his toughest critic and best editor.