Kouji Miki
CEO, enmono Inc. / Founder, ZenSchool®
“For 17 years, I’ve guided over 230 leaders to their IKIGAI.”
– Launched Zen2.0 at Kencho-ji Temple in 2017; now one of the world’s largest international gatherings on Zen and mindfulness (10th anniversary, November 2026)
– Founded ZenSchool® in 2011; more than 65 cohorts. Alumni include the developer of the lunar rover YAOKI and the founder of SkyDrive
– More than 17 years of Zen practice and more than 9 years of Vipassana meditation
– Keynote on “AI and IKIGAI” at the Co-Ideation Summit 2024 in Stockholm; speaker at the World Marketing Summit 2024
– Author of True Innovation (CCC Media House, 2018); contributor to Inner Development Goals (De Gruyter, 2025)
– Part-time lecturer, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
Upcoming Programs by Kouji Miki
3-Day IKIGAI Retreat in Kamakura, Japan
Also With Shigeru Utsunomiya
This is not a tour. It is a guided space to discover the IKIGAI that emerges from within. When AI can do everything, what becomes of human purpose? Two interpretations of IKIGAI exist: the Western one — find the intersection (Doing); and the Japanese one — cultivate the practice (Being). We teach the practice, from […]