Mike Orzen

With a consulting and coaching career spanning more than 30 years, Mike has gathered a unique blend of lean, operations, and IT experience that he uses to coach organizations pursue enterprise excellence. His personable approach and people-first philosophy has inspired leaders and empowered workforces to successfully apply conscious awareness, lean management, and enterprise excellence practices in many complex work environments.

He is the co-author of Lean IT: Enabling and Sustaining Your Lean Transformation winner of a Shingo Research Award, and The Lean IT Field Guide. He holds degrees from Stanford University, the University of Oregon, and is certified in management accounting, production and inventory control, project management, Agile, and Lean IT. Mike is also a certified yoga and meditation instructor. Mike teaches with LEI, the Shingo Institute, and The Ohio State University Fisher School of Business. He partners with companies on lean journeys through Mike Orzen & Associates. Connect with him at mike@mikeorzen.com.