How poor stakeholder management ruins analytics

Why taking ownership of the analyst-stakeholder interface can instantly make your life better and your work more impactful

You’ve just started a new role as an analyst. You’re excited to get insider access to data about, say, cat furniture — an industry you’re deeply passionate about. Your first request comes in: an executive wants to know how many kinds of litter boxes they carry. Eager to please, you pull the data. “Perfect! Could you also pull the number of cat …

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