Jeffrey Liker is Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan and president of Liker Lean Advisors, LLC--a collection of top-notch Lean advisors.
His wife Deb and daughter Emma, support his writing and his son Jesse is his toughest critic and best editor..
He plays golf, watches football and basketball, and is relearning classical guitar which he stopped playing over 30 years ago.
His articles and books have won eleven Shingo Prizes.
His newest book, with Gary Convis, is The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership.
He is author of the international best-seller, The Toyota Way and the related books Toyota Way Fieldbook, Toyota Talent, The Toyota Product Development System, Toyota Culture, The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement, and Toyota Under Fire.
Jeffrey Liker is Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan and president of Liker Lean Advisors, LLC--a collection of top-notch Lean advisors