Professor John Ward in the Journal of Strategic Information Systems.
“The story of that first business computer: Leo – Lyons Electronic Office – is told in this book. Whilst it is history, reflection on what was achieved and not achieved and why still has many lessons of relevance to the successful use of IT today – we seem to be learning painfully and slowly!.
…. a review by John Aris of what of what he calls the ‘LEO approach’ – an integrated combination of technology innovation, application and consultancy designed to enable significant business improvements from computer use in a range of situation. Many of these applications would be called ‘business process redesign’ in the 1990s!
The wide range of contributors provide many different perspectives on what happened and views on why things evolved the way they did. It is a set of memoirs – often very personal ones – of a time when Britain could be said to have led the world in the application of this new technology.
… it is a book that we should all be grateful the authors took the time and trouble to get together and write. It is a story of extraordinary achievements, by a talented team…”