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werner erhard

werner hans erhard -lrb- born john paul rosenberg , september 5 , 1935 -rrb- is a critical thinker and author of transformational models and applications for individuals , groups , and organizations .
he has written about integrity , performance , leadership and transformation and has lectured at -lrb- among other institutions -rrb- harvard university , yale , university of southern california , university of rochester , erasmus university rotterdam , oxford union at oxford university , and the us air force academy as an independent .
while for the last fifteen years , erhard has devoted his time to academia , he was originally known for creating erhard seminars training , commonly referred to as `` est '' -lrb- 1971 -- 1983 -rrb- , and the forum -lrb- 1984 -- 1991 -rrb- , which were offered to the public through the companies erhard seminars training inc. -lrb- 1971 -- 1975 -rrb- ; est , an educational corporation -lrb- 1975 -- 1981 -rrb- ; and werner erhard & associates -lrb- wea , 1981 -- 1991 -rrb- .
erhard , along with the support of john denver , robert w. fuller , and others , founded the hunger project in 1977 .
in 1991 , erhard retired from business and sold his then-existing intellectual property to a group of his former employees who formed landmark education , now known as landmark worldwide .
he has no ownership or management position in landmark worldwide but at landmark 's request consults with them from time to time .
much of his scholarly writing can be found on his author 's page in the social science research network -lrb- ssrn -rrb- , and most recently at the national bureau of economic research -lrb- nber -rrb- , the european corporate governance institute -lrb- ecgi -rrb- , and the harvard law school forum on corporate governance and financial regulation .
