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Explainer Series: Data Analytics

What Is It? Data analytics describes the process of examining datasets to draw conclusions about the information they contain. Data is aggregated, categorised, extracted, and analysed to identify meaningful behavioural patterns and trends. From there, identified patterns and trends are interpreted and turned into actionable insights. When Was It Invented? In antiquity, ancient civilisations developed […]

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May 23, 2017 1 comment

Explainer Series: Blockchain

What Is It? Blockchain is a data structure that makes it possible to create a digital ledger of transactions and share it among a distributed network of computers. It has emerged as a platform allowing companies to make and verify transactions instantaneously and without the need for a central authority. When Was It Invented? In […]

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February 16, 2017 1 comment

Explainer Series: The Internet of Things

What Is It The Internet of Things (IoT) is the connection of physical devices to networks in which data is gathered and communicated ready for consumption and/or action. McKinsey and Company have identified six distinct types of IoT applications; tracking behaviour, enhanced situation awareness, sensor-driven analytics, process optimisation, optimised resources consumption, and complex autonomous systems.  […]

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January 23, 2017 1 comment

Death by Denial: Value and the Digital Age

At the time of his death in 1992, Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, was estimated to hold a net worth of US$4.6 billion. In today’s money, it has been speculated that the collective wealth of the Walton family extends beyond US$150 billion. Walton was an innovator and possessed an acute understanding of value creation. Walton […]

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October 17, 2016

Like Kodak, at your peril, ignore digital

In 1888, much of the world was transported by steam-power and horse-drawn carts. It wouldn’t be for another 15 years before Henry Ford forever transformed transportation by installing his first moving assembly line. That one advancement caused major social, economic, technological, and political disruption. What was the lesson for business? Adapt or die. George Eastman […]

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August 24, 2016 1 comment

Content Marketing: Problem Solving 101

There are roughly 23 billion devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT). By 2020, devices connected to the IoT are expected to explode beyond 50 billion. Connectivity puts an oyster at your fingertips. 13.8 billion years of accumulated knowledge in the palm of your hand. And humans are a curious bunch, aren’t we? Mathematics, literature, philosophy, travel etc. […]

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July 1, 2016

FYI MGMT

The communicative environment in which we live is becoming increasingly technological. Mobile phone plans have become gigabyte heavy as users warped the market demonstrating an insatiable appetite for data with unprecedented levels of text messaging and app consumption. The speed of technological change has seen a divergence from established syntax, grammar, and proper English. Take a random person off […]

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April 12, 2016

Trump: The Social Media King

For nine months, Cyclone Trump has run roughshod over the American political landscape. When Trump entered the Republican Presidential primary, the likelihood of Donald J. winning the nomination was estimated to be less than 1 percent. Fast-forward nine months and Trump holds a commanding lead as the GOP (Grand Old Party) establishment scrambles behind a better the devil […]

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March 24, 2016

40 Tools to Conquer Digital

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]”Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” – Lao Tzu Google supplies over 879,000,000 results for the search phrase “digital tools”. That’s six zeroes after 879. At Hajduk Consulting, we firmly believe that ongoing partner and client education, leading to […]

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March 3, 2016

Build Your Own Pyramid

The Giza Plateau would lose much of its wonder and awe if the Ancient Egyptians hadn’t embarked on a colossal building project for the ages. Fast-forward 5,000 years and, albeit, affected by the sands of time, the pyramid complex, in all its resplendent glory, remains. Let’s not kid ourselves. The Egyptians weren’t running a fly by the […]

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February 16, 2016 1 comment