Are you working as a temp, hired for basic Excel tasks–cleaning up messy spreadsheets, doing tedious, repetitive work no one wants to do? Imagine...
In this article, I’ll demonstrate how a single sheet in an Excel workbook can outshine even the most sophisticated ERP systems and cloud-based FP&A tools currently...
The idea of tripling your pay with Excel is not clickbait or snake oil; it’s a proven reality that you can verify yourself. If you’re one of the billion Excel...
When discussing the value of advanced Excel skills, it’s essential to ground the conversation in evidence: not just theory or popularity, but measurable, real-world...
By Hiran de Silva I have been looking again at one of the most interesting attacks on Excel that I have encountered over the years. It comes from Workday Adaptive...
The Five-Minute Convincer By Hiran de Silva Imagine Gordon Ramsay has just hired you. And if you’ve ever seen Gordon Ramsay on television, you’ll know one thing. He is...
By Hiran de Silva There is a question I keep asking which, in the world of Excel, seems to be regarded as almost offensively stupid. Someone presents a difficult Excel...
By Hiran de Silva Librarians are among the most essential and underappreciated professionals in the world. Their work ensures that knowledge stored in books remains...
By Hiran de Silva There is something I have been thinking about for a long time. It concerns the things we perceive to be difficult when they are not difficult at all...
Before We Replace the Wheel, Can We Ask Why It Is Broken? By Hiran de Silva There is an interesting discussion taking place in the GenCFO community around the familiar...
By Hiran de Silva There is a complaint I occasionally hear from people who create Excel content on social media. They spend an enormous amount of time researching a...
The Biggest Opportunity in Excel May Be the One Nobody Is Teaching By Hiran de Silva There is something very strange about Excel education. It becomes apparent when you...
By Hiran de Silva There is a curious narrative around Microsoft Access. Access is dead. Nobody uses it anymore. Microsoft has let it die. I came across it again in a...
By Hiran de Silva For more than 30 years, Microsoft Access has been dying. Apparently. From time to time, another article, post or comment appears declaring that Access...