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Leading Edge Forum

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Leading Edge Forum
Company typeDivision
IndustryResearch and advisory services
Founded1989; 35 years ago (1989)
Headquarters,
Number of locations
10
Area served
Worldwide[citation needed]
Key people
Richard Davies (Managing Director)[1]
ParentDXC Technology
Websiteleadingedgeforum.com

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

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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's 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

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

Press coverage

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

References

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  1. ^ "Richard Davies, LEF Managing Director". Leading Edge Forum. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  2. ^ "CSC acquires Index Group, 1988". CSC. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  3. ^ "CSC acquires Butler Cox, 1991". CSC. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  4. ^ Champy, James A.; Hammer, Michael (1993). Reengineering the corporation: A manifesto for business revolution. HarperBusiness (New York, NY). ISBN 0887306403.
  5. ^ Mckeown, Max (September 26, 2011). The Strategy Book. Financial Times/ Prentice Hall. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-273-75709-2.
  6. ^ "David Butler, Co-Founder of Butler Cox". fearlessconsulting.co.uk. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  7. ^ "Sir George Cox, Co-Founder of Butler Cox". London Stock Exchange. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  8. ^ David Moschella; Doug Neal; Piet Opperman; John Taylor. "The 'Consumerization' of Information Technology". LEF. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  9. ^ "Richard Davies, Managing Director". Leading Edge Forum. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  10. ^ Upbin, Bruce (April 17, 2012). "Ignore the Extremists in the Wars". Forbes. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  11. ^ Giles, Martin (October 28, 2011). "Personal Computing; This house believes we are now in a post-PC world". The Economist. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  12. ^ Zetlin, Minda (June 8, 2012). "6 Ways CIOs Can Make Peace with CMOs". CIO Magazine. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  13. ^ Price, Michelle (February 14, 2011). "Pinning Down the Cloud". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
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