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Business acumen
Understand how a business makes money, which metrics matter, and how to turn a vague request into a question data can answer.
Business acumen is what makes an analyst's work useful rather than merely correct. It shows up in job descriptions as "KPIs", "business understanding" and "domain knowledge".
You build it by asking why a metric matters, who acts on it, and what would change their decision.
Advanced lessons for Business acumen are being written.