Leading Edge Forum Explained

Leading Edge Forum
Type:Division
Location City:London
Locations:10
Key People:Richard Davies (Managing Director)[1]
Area Served:Worldwide
Industry:Research and advisory services
Parent:DXC Technology

Leading Edge Forum (LEF) is a British company focusing on programme of research, advisory interventions, and events for clients' capabilities. Leading Edge Forum is a business unit of DXC Technology.

History

In 1988, CSC acquired the consulting and research firm Index Group[2] in the United States and later the Butler Cox Foundation[3] in the United Kingdom in 1991.

Index Group, founded by Thomas P. Gerrity and others from MIT, coined the term business re-engineering by James Champy and Michael Hammer book, Re-engineering the Corporation,[4] in collaboration with Michael Treacy.[5]

The Butler Cox Foundation was founded by David Butler[6] and George Cox[7] for senior IT executives to share experiences.

The term consumerization was explored by LEF in a position paper in June 2004.[8]

Leadership

As of 2014, the Managing Director is Richard Davies.[9]

Press coverage

Leading Edge Forum has been mentioned by Forbes,[10] The Economist,[11] CIO,[12] and The Wall Street Journal.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard Davies, LEF Managing Director. Leading Edge Forum. 2010-08-14.
  2. Web site: CSC acquires Index Group, 1988. CSC. 2010-08-14.
  3. Web site: CSC acquires Butler Cox, 1991. CSC. 2010-08-14.
  4. Book: Champy . James A. . Hammer . Michael . Reengineering the corporation: A manifesto for business revolution . registration . HarperBusiness (New York, NY) . 1993 . 0887306403.
  5. Book: Mckeown, Max . The Strategy Book . 196 . Financial Times/ Prentice Hall . September 26, 2011 . 978-0-273-75709-2.
  6. Web site: David Butler, Co-Founder of Butler Cox. fearlessconsulting.co.uk. 2010-08-14.
  7. Web site: Sir George Cox, Co-Founder of Butler Cox. London Stock Exchange. 2010-08-14.
  8. Web site: The 'Consumerization' of Information Technology. David Moschella . Doug Neal . Piet Opperman . John Taylor . LEF. 2010-08-14 .
  9. Web site: Richard Davies, Managing Director. Leading Edge Forum. 2010-08-14.
  10. News: Ignore the Extremists in the Wars . Bruce . Upbin . April 17, 2012 . Forbes . https://web.archive.org/web/20120819063628/http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/04/17/ignore-the-extremists-in-software-standards-wars/?ss=cio-network. dead. August 19, 2012. 2010-08-14.
  11. News: Personal Computing; This house believes we are now in a post-PC world . Martin . Giles . October 28, 2011 . The Economist . 2010-08-14.
  12. News: 6 Ways CIOs Can Make Peace with CMOs . Minda . Zetlin . 8 June 2012 . CIO Magazine . 2010-08-14.
  13. News: Pinning Down the Cloud . Michelle . Price . February 14, 2011 . Wall Street Journal. 2010-08-14.

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