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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="verify-v1" content="NoIt5zmxQZPIORrwFgEsI15j1fjyJDlr6CdQ24xJcBM=" /> <title>Werner Erhard</title> <meta name="description" content="Critical thinker Werner Erhard's innovative ideas are stimulating academic conversations in leadership and integrity at Universities and in business."></meta> <meta name="keywords" content="corporate performance management, performance improvement, personal development, est, Erhard Seminar Training, Erhard Seminars Training, Werner Erhardt, Werner Erhart, living the life"></meta> <style media="all" type="text/css"> @import "css/all.css"; { position:absolute; left:5px; top:524px; width:136px; height:103px; z-index:1; } { position:absolute; width:566px; height:47px; z-index:1; left: 4px; top: 807px; } { position:absolute; width:472px; height:26px; z-index:1; left: 12px; top: 991px; } { position:absolute; width:103px; height:15px; z-index:1; left: 763px; top: 1933px; } .style5 {font-size: 9px} .style18 {color: #FFFFFF} body { background-color: #FFFFFF; } .style20 {font-size: 14px} .style21 {font-size: 16px; } </style> <script src="Scripts/AC_ActiveX.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </head> <body> <div id="fb-root"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script> <div id="page"> <div class="main"> <div class="content">  <div class="left f-left">  <div class="sub-right f-right"> <h1>ABOUT WERNER ERHARD </h1> <p> <br /> <br /> </p> <a href="http://erhardseminarstraining.com" target="_blank"><img src="images/est training.jpg" width="367" height="280" alt="" /></a> <h1><a href="http://erhardseminarstraining.com" target="_blank"> Celebrating 50 Years! </a></h1> <p> </p> <table width="483" border="1" cellpadding="10"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="473" ><p><span style="font: verdana; font-size: 16pt; line-height:104%">Speaking Being </span><br /> <span style="font: verdana; font-size: 11pt; line-height:104%">Werner Erhard, Martin Heidegger, and a New Possibility of Being Human</span><br />Bruce Hyde, PhD and Drew Kopp, PhD; Wiley (2019)</p> <p><a href="/speakingbeing.html" target="_blank">Acclaimed Book!</a></p> <p><a href="speakingbeing.html"><img src="wernererhard-speakingbeing.jpg" width="365" height="244" alt=""/></a></p> <p><strong>David Eagleman, PhD, Neuroscientist at Stanford University, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307389928/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=wernerha-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0307389928&linkId=2242fa65728953246be25282fa779483" target="_blank">NY Times bestselling author</a> and writer/presenter of <a href="https://www.pbs.org/show/brain-david-eagleman/">PBS Series "The Brain" </a>writes:</strong> <br /> <br /> “Millions have experienced the ideas of Werner Erhard, one of the most incisive and insightful thinkers of our generation. This book gives two additional and rare opportunities: to read the text of a Forum led by Erhard, and in parallel, to walk with a guide to the synergies between Erhard and the thinking of Martin Heidegger.”</p> <p><a href="speakingbeing.html">Read More</a></p></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2> </h2> <p><iframe width="484" height="275" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mahAeGpktdA" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p><a href="http://ccare.stanford.edu/videos/conversations-on-compassion-with-werner-erhard/" target="_blank">Werner Erhard at Stanford University</a>, November 2017</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.wernererhard.net" target="_blank">Werner Erhard</a> is the creator of transformational models and applications for individual, organizational and social transformation. His innovative ideas have stimulated academic conversations at many Universities. He writes scholarly papers in the areas of integrity, leadership, performance and transformation. <a href="http://www.wernererhardvideo.com" target="_blank">Werner Erhard</a> has lectured at <a href="http://www.hks.harvard.edu/" target="_blank">Harvard University</a>, <a href="https://www.yale.edu/" target="_blank">Yale University</a>, <a href="http://www.simon.rochester.edu/index.aspx" target="_blank">University of Rochester Simon School of Business</a>, and <a href="http://www.rsm.nl/home/" target="_blank">Erasmus University</a>.<a href="work.html"> Read More...</a><br /> </p> <p><strong>Exposing Inaccuracies in the Media about Werner Erhard ....<a href="inaccuracies.html">Read More </a></strong></p> <p align="center"> <iframe width="340" height="255" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DwQr_BJrHJ8?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </p> <p align="left"><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwQr_BJrHJ8" target="_blank">Werner Erhard</a> speaks at <a href="http://www.centerforpublicleadership.org/" target="_blank">Harvard University Kennedy School Center For Public Leadership</a> on December 14, 2009 on:</em> <em>"Why We Do What We Do: A New Model Providing Actionable Access to the Source of Performance."</em></p> <p><a href="work.html">Werner Erhard's work</a> has become an important resource for academic institutions and a catalyst for creative thinking and teaching in both the academic and corporate environments. <a href="http://www.wernererhard.net/cv.html" target="_blank">Werner Erhard</a><a href="http://www.wernererhard.net/cv.html">'s</a> work has been noted as a key element in current management thinking and the science of productivity and performance. </p> <p>A continuing source for these new perspectives comes from Werner Erhard's innovative transformational models and applications that originated with <a href="http://wernererhardandest.wordpress.com" target="_blank">The est Training</a> (<a href="http://www.erhardseminarstraining.com" target="_blank">Erhard Seminars Training</a>). Many of those initial groundbreaking ideas continue to be part of today’s culture. <a href="work.html">Read More...</a></p> <p>Now more than forty years since <a href="http://wernererhardandest.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Werner Erhard</a> introduced the breakthrough notion of “transformation” to the American public, Erhard spends most of his time with academic colleagues, all of whom are committed to rigorous academic examination of the ideas through writing and lecturing. Current projects include <a href="integrity_paper.html">A New Model of Integrity</a>, <a href="leadership.html">The Leadership Course</a>, and a<a href="performance.html"> New Paradigm for Performance</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p align="center"> <iframe width="340" height="255" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pX3mYoEYRsw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </p> <p align="center"><a href="film.html" target="_blank">"Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard"</a><br /> Documentary by <a href="http://www.symonproductions.com/" target="_blank">Robyn Symon</a></p> <h2> </h2> <h2><strong>Quotes from the November 2015 New York Times article about Werner Erhard:</strong><br /> <br /> </h2> <p>"For several years before his latest professional reincarnation, Mr. Erhard consulted for businesses and government agencies like the Russian adult-education program the Znaniye Society and a nonprofit organization supporting clergy in Ireland.<br /> </p> <p>"Enter the Harvard economist <a href="https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6484" target="_blank">Michael Jensen</a>. Dr. Jensen, who is famous in financial circles for championing the concepts of shareholder value and executive stock options, had taken a Landmark course in Boston at the suggestion of his daughter, who mended a rocky relationship with Dr. Jensen after taking the course herself.<br /> </p> <p>“I became convinced we should work to get this kind of transformational material into the academies,” he said, adding that he considers Mr. Erhard “one of the great intellectuals of the century.”  </p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/fashion/the-return-of-werner-erhard-father-of-self-help.html?ref=fashion" target="_blank">Read the full article </a> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <h2><strong>Academics Discuss the Work of Werner Erhard </strong> </h2> <p> </p> <table width="460" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="col"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/463246111" width="200" height="150" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe> <br 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href="http://capitalism.columbia.edu/journal/12/1" target="_blank"><img src="small capitalism and society.jpg" width="130" height="189" alt=""/></a></p> <p align="center"><span style="text-align: center"><a href="http://capitalism.columbia.edu/journal/12/1" target="_blank">Putting Integrity Into Finance: A Purely Positive Approach</a>,<br /> by Werner Erhard and <br />Michael C. Jensen<br /> Published in the <a href="http://capitalism.columbia.edu/capitalism-society-journal" target="_blank">Journal: Capitalism and Society</a>, <br /> Volume 12, Issue 1<br /> May 4, 27</p> <div align="center"> <iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wernererhard.com&send=false&layout=standard&width=150&show_faces=false&font&colorscheme=light&action=like&height=35" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:150px; height:55px;" allowtransparency="true"></iframe> </div> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><span style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/fashion/the-return-of-werner-erhard-father-of-self-help.html?ref=fashion" target="_blank"><img src="images/nyt.gif" alt="" width="140" height="92" title="In The News!"/></a></span></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><span style="text-align: center">Werner Erhard <br /> The New York Times</span></span> </span></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Read <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=433651" target="_blank">Werner Erhard's Academic Papers</a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=433651" target="_blank"><img src="images/ssrn-sm.gif" alt="SSRN" width="71" height="27" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.wernererhard.net/" target="_blank">Werner Erhard</a> is the 10th <a href="http://hq.ssrn.com/rankings/Ranking_Display.cfm?TMY_gID=2&TRN_gID=7" target="_blank">Top Author</a> out of 202,966 based on total new downloads</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.nber.org/papers/w19986" target="_blank"><img src="images/nber.jpg" width="130" height="185" alt="werner erhard NBER" /></a></p> <p align="center">Working Paper by <a href="http://www.nber.org/people/werner_erhard" target="_blank">Werner Erhard</a> and <a href="http://www.nber.org/people/michael_jensen" target="_blank">Michael C Jensen</a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/feb214a8-8f88-11e1-98b1-00144feab49a" target="_blank">Werner Erhard <br /> in The Financial Times</a></p> <p align="center"><a href="ft.html" target="_blank"><img src="images/ftimages.gif" alt="Werner Erhard" width="75" height="96" /></a></p> <p align="center"> "Writing academic articles and touring the world’s best universities..."</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/2014/03/26/putting-integrity-into-finance/" target="_blank"><img src="images/harvard.jpg" width="130" height="185" alt="werner erhard harvard university" /></a></p> <p align="center">Working Paper by Werner Erhard and Michael C Jensen</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://ecgi.global/working-paper/putting-integrity-finance-purely-positive-approach" target="_blank"><img src="images/ecgi.jpg" width="130" height="185" alt="ecgi werner erhard" /></a></p> <p align="center">Working Paper by <a href="https://ecgi.global/working-paper/putting-integrity-finance-purely-positive-approach" target="_blank">Werner Erhard</a> and Michael C Jensen</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">“<a href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=2606342" target="_blank">Creating Leaders: A New Model</a>”</p> <p align="center">New York University (2013)</p> <p align="center">University of California, Berkeley and</p> <p align="center">University of Chicago (2015)</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.pennbioethicsfilmfest.org/video-archive-2" target="_blank"><img src="http://uat.wernererhard.com/images/wernererhard-moreno.jpg" alt="" width="171" height="124" /></a></p> <p>Werner Erhard discusses his work with <a href="http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g358/p8145264" target="_blank">Jonathan D. Moreno</a>, the David and Lyn Silfen University Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, and of History and Sociology of Science Professor of Philosophy at the <a href="http://www.upenn.edu/" target="_blank">University of Pennsylvania</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Insigniam Quarterly</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://insigniamquarterly.com/breakthrough-thinking/transformational-leadership/"><img src="images/insigniamquarterly.jpg" alt="" width="130" height="185" /></a></p> <p align="center">By <a href="http://www.wernererhardinfo.com">Werner Erhard</a> and Michael C. Jensen</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p>  </p> <p align="center">Werner Erhard's Website: <a href="http://www.wernererhard.net" target="_blank">www.wernererhard.net</a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.wernererhard.net" target="_blank"><img src="Photos/werner_erhard_2009.png" width="126" height="133" alt="Werner Erhard" /></a><br /> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <div align="center"> <table width="149" height="32" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tr bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td width="141" bgcolor="#AAA0A0"><div align="center"><a href="cv.html" class="style20">Werner Erhard's Curriculum Vitae<br /> </a></div></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="handbook.html">The Handbook <br /> For Teaching Leadership</a></p> <p align="center"><a href="handbook.html"><img src="images/handbookleadership.gif" alt="Handbook For Teaching Leadership " width="75" height="107" /></a></p> <p align="center">Chapter 16, <br /> "Creating Leaders: An Ontological/Phenomenological Model," by <a href="http://www.wernererhard.net/cv.html" target="_blank">Werner Erhard</a>, <a href="http://www.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=bio&facEmId=mjensen" target="_blank">Michael C. 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