enmono begins
Kouji Miki and Shigeru Utsunomiya establish their company.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND ZENSCHOOL
A learning community shaped by lived questions.
zenschool grew from its founders' experience of work, change and learning with others. Based in Kamakura, Japan, it creates space to explore questions about how we want to live and work.
Kouji Miki
Kouji is a co-founder of zenschool and CEO of enmono. His work connects Zen practice, dialogue and questions people encounter in their work and lives.
Shigeru Utsunomiya
Shigeru is a co-founder of zenschool. He spent 18 years in production engineering at Suzuki before leaving his career at forty to explore what he wanted to pursue. His experience in manufacturing and personal change informs his work with participants.
Adam Lobel
Adam is a zenschool alumnus and co-facilitator of the Kumano IKIGAI Retreat. His work includes community projects at Sotononono and guiding visitors on the Kumano Kodo. He works in English and Japanese.
Adam is a program collaborator, not a founder of zenschool.
From enmono to zenschool
Kouji Miki and Shigeru Utsunomiya established enmono in 2009. Their work supporting manufacturing businesses and new projects led them to questions that tools and business knowledge alone could not answer. zenschool developed as a place to explore those questions through experience and dialogue.
zenschool is operated by enmono Co., Ltd., based in Kamakura, Japan.
Questions from practice
Work with people and organizations raises questions that business tools alone cannot answer.
Learning through dialogue
zenschool creates a place to explore those questions through experience and conversation.