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Richard Erdmann Founder and CEO, Syfr Corporation

Biography: Richard Erdmann has worked in education since 1971. He started four education companies, taken one public and currently owns and operates Syfr Corporation. Each summer Syfr hosts a retreat for superintendents, chief academic officers, accompanying teams and their spouses. The 2007 retreat will take place in Santa Fe, NM on July 8 – 11. It will focus on science education reform. Syfr will also offer six Women in Leadership conferences in 2007 and work with AASA to deliver on-going services to the registrants. He can be reached at derdmann@syfrcorp.com, 360-335-0352 or Syfr Corporation, P O Box 1218, Washougal, WA, 98671. Syfr’s website is http://www.www.syfrcorp.com. It contains information about the company’s conferences and retreats as well as other articles and presentations by Mr. Erdmann.

Content Posted by Richard Erdmann Founder and CEO, Syfr Corporation

Victims of Our Own Success

Richard Erdmann Guest EdNews.org Columnist
Founder and CEO, Syfr Corporation
There is a public sense that companies are great internal innovators capable of changing to meet the times. In reality, companies are no different than any organization – they become victims of their own success. The cycle is predictable: a new company with new ideas emerges to address the same market dominated by a successful older company. More often than not, the older company fails to exist either through acquisition or bankruptcy.

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