Leonard Lee

I’m the founder and managing director of a U.S.-based research advisory firm, neXt Curve. I have over 23 years of experience in strategy and technology consulting. I have had the great fortune of working with some of the leading consulting, technology and research organizations during my career such as IBM, PwC, EY and most recently as a managing partner with Gartner Inc. I have what you might call a very diverse background that includes leading digital transformation programs for Fortune… Show more

I’m the founder and managing director of a U.S.-based research advisory firm, neXt Curve. I have over 23 years of experience in strategy and technology consulting. I have had the great fortune of working with some of the leading consulting, technology and research organizations during my career such as IBM, PwC, EY and most recently as a managing partner with Gartner Inc. I have what you might call a very diverse background that includes leading digital transformation programs for Fortune 100 enterprises, helping leading tech vendors develop their global cloud G2M strategies to designing and developing a first-of-a-kind ERP implementation for one of the earliest Internet search engine companies. I have worked with firms across a wide range of industries including numerous segments of the tech industry, media & entertainment, oil & gas, automotive, financial services, pharma and healthcare and retail to name a few. My current passion is synthesizing my cross-domain, cross-industry experience and knowledge into compelling insights and recommendations that can help businesses realize differentiating strategies, capabilities and innovations. Show less

Though security and privacy are related, they are not one in the same. Surprisingly, the distinction between security and privacy is not clear to the broader business community and consumers who continue to misunderstand and confuse the Facebook privacy problems that are deeply rooted in their business model and their culture.

AT&T may have just been approved to acquire their "killer app". Of course, it's still early days but the AT&T merger with Time Warner could usher in a new era of carrier-driven digital innovation and competitiveness that has eluded the telecommunication industry for more than a decade.

Agile, Adaptable, Innovative, and Efficient – these are key attributes of organizations that will thrive in the rapidly changing, highly competitive environment that is the digital economy. Sustaining this kind of continuous reinvention requires a well-conditioned organization that is comfortable being uncomfortable.  The question for today’s leaders is, what does it take and how can you ensure your organization – and workforce – is up to the challenge?

AT&T may have just been approved to acquire their “killer app”.  Of course, it’s still early days but the AT&T merger with Time Warner could usher in a new era of carrier-driven digital innovation and competitiveness that has eluded the telecommunication industry for more than a decade.

WWDC 2018 was held yesterday, and the Apple team announced a wide range of new features across the portfolio of Apple platforms: Apple TV, iOS, MacOS and WatchOS as they always do each year. It's always a bit of a challenge to determine which of these features, if any, is going to change the game. After all, it is Apple. We expect innovation, and the bar is set very high for this icon of "disruption." We can appreciate that Apple is driving the Privacy First agenda of our digital future on the… Show more

WWDC 2018 was held yesterday, and the Apple team announced a wide range of new features across the portfolio of Apple platforms: Apple TV, iOS, MacOS and WatchOS as they always do each year. It's always a bit of a challenge to determine which of these features, if any, is going to change the game. After all, it is Apple. We expect innovation, and the bar is set very high for this icon of "disruption." We can appreciate that Apple is driving the Privacy First agenda of our digital future on the backs of GDPR and the Cambridge Analytica debacle with the application of AI to protect your online privacy. We can appreciate Group FaceTime very much, but Google Hangouts was there first. Memojis are fun, but they are not going to shake the foundation of the ICT (Information Communications Technology) industry. What is the neXt Curve take on the feature that will matter? Walkie-Talkie. Show less

Mobile carriers with Managed Security Service Providers have the opportunity to address and solve some of the challenging cybersecurity issues threatening consumers and businesses alike, such as hardware-level vulnerabilities, encryption hacks, and inter-application data breaches, that are increasing the risk to privacy protection in the world of GDPR.

Do you scratch your head when someone asks you if you have an “IoT strategy?” I do, and I find myself inevitably asking what one means by “IoT strategy.” Why is the Internet of Things (a.k.a. “IoT”) such a confusing thing for many of us?

Autonomous/connected vehicles are all the rage at the moment with many industry pundits asserting and forecasting that self-driving cars will fill our streets in the near future. But there are some important realities that need to be considered before we can kiss our steering wheels goodbye.

Electronics companies are under pressure from an industry undergoing dramatic structural change due to converging, disruptive technologies, new non-traditional market entrants, and severe commoditization of hardware. This article discusses how software can provide electronics companies the ability to compete and reposition themselves in a new digital industry.

Presentation on Software-Defined Supply Chain presented to the CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) on September 17, 2013 in Denver, Colorado.

Part 3 in multi-part series on the topic of Software-Defined Supply Chain and the impact that it will have on field service operations as we know it today and the value that digitization will have on supply chain.

Part 2 in multi-part series on the topic of Software-Defined Supply Chain and the impact that it will have on repair depot logistics as we know it today and the value that digitization will have on supply chain.

Part 1 in multi-part series on the topic of Software-Defined Supply Chain and the impact that it will have on manufacturing as we know it today and the value that digitization will have on supply chain.

Autonomous/connected vehicles are all the rage at the moment with many industry pundits asserting and forecasting that self-driving cars will fill our streets in the near future. But there are some important realities that need to be considered before we can kiss our steering wheels goodbye.