Leading Edge Forum
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| Company type | Division of DXC Technology |
|---|---|
| Industry | research and advisory services |
| Founded | January 1989 |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 10 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Richard Davies, Managing Director.[1] |
| Parent | DXC Technology |
| Website | leadingedgeforum |
Leading Edge Forum (LEF) helps clients challenge conventional assumptions with original, future-focused thinking.
LEF’s programme of progressive research and thought leadership, next-practice advisory interventions, and immersive events augment clients' capabilities for horizon-scanning and sense-making and helps some of the world’s leading organizations accelerate the business outcomes of technology-enabled change. Leading Edge Forum is a business unit of DXC Technology.
History
The organization traces its roots back to 1988 when CSC acquired the consulting and research firms, 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 was perhaps best known for coining the term business re-engineering popularized by the book by James Champy and Michael Hammer, Re-engineering the Corporation .[4] In collaboration with Michael Treacy, it also helped establish the Value Disciplines approach to business strategy.[5] The Butler Cox Foundation founded by David Butler [6] and George Cox [7] and created "the most successful membership organisation for CIOs ever initiated in Europe",[6] that would enable senior IT executives to exchange ideas and share experiences, backed by an ongoing research process.
The term, consumerization, was first fully explored by LEF in a position paper in June 2004 [8] , first known published paper on this topic. Four years later, in June 2008 the Wikipedia entry for Consumerization was created.
Leadership
As of 2014, the Managing Director is Richard Davies[9]
Press coverage
Leading Edge Forum research has been mentioned by many news institutions including Forbes,[10] The Economist, [11] CIO Magazine [12] and Wall St Journal. [13]
References
- ^ "Richard Davies, LEF Managing Director". Leading Edge Forum. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ "CSC acquires Index Group, 1988". CSC. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ "CSC acquires Butler Cox, 1991". CSC. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ Champy, James A.; Hammer, Michael (1993). Reengineering the corporation: A manifesto for business revolution. HarperBusiness (New York, NY). ISBN 0887306403.
- ^ Mckeown, Max (September 26, 2011). The Strategy Book. Financial Times/ Prentice Hall. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-273-75709-2.
- ^ a b "David Butler, Co-Founder of Butler Cox". fearlessconsulting.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ "Sir George Cox, Co-Founder of Butler Cox". London Stock Exchange. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ David Moschella; Doug Neal; Piet Opperman; John Taylor. "The 'Consumerization' of Information Technology". LEF. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ "Richard Davies, Managing Director". Leading Edge Forum. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ Upbin, Bruce (April 17, 2012). "Ignore the Extremists in the Wars". Forbes. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ Giles, Martin (October 28, 2011). "Personal Computing; This house believes we are now in a post-PC world". The Economist. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ Zetlin, Minda (8 June 2012). "6 Ways CIOs Can Make Peace with CMOs". CIO Magazine. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ Price, Michelle (February 14, 2011). "Pinning Down the Cloud". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
