While designed to entertain, NBC’s show “The Apprentice” depicts business interactions and challenges that can teach business analysts valuable lessons. In the current version of the show, contestants are divided into two teams competing to win money for their chosen charities. Each episode presents the teams working on a task (create an ad for a product, produce an event, etc.). Here are some useful lessons for BAs that can be extracted from the participants’ experiences in the elimination-style competition:

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