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...
Ubiquitous spreadsheet software that revolutionized accounting hasn’t kept up, CFOs say By Wall Street Journal November 2017 Tatyana Shumsky Updated Nov. 29, 2017...
By Hiran de Silva This is a challenge. It is a challenge to anyone who says, writes or promotes the idea that VBA is obsolete. That VBA is legacy. That VBA has been...
How the democratisation of technology changed the Excel conversation — and perhaps caused us to forget what Excel could already do By Hiran de Silva I came across a post...
When a throwaway LinkedIn comment deserves to be tested By Hiran de Silva A few weeks ago, something rather extraordinary happened on LinkedIn. It began innocently...
The Macro Recorder May Explain Why People Think It Did A penny-drop moment about Power Query, VBA—and a misunderstanding that may go back forty years By Hiran de Silva...
By Hiran de Silva Good morning, Jim. The man you’re looking at is Bob. He’s the Chairman of a large global organisation, with hundreds of offices and...
Wyn Hopkins, AI and the question we haven’t quite answered By Hiran de Silva There is a very pertinent point in Wyn Hopkins‘s discussion about AI-generated...
Part Two: Are We Really Being Deceived? My previous article started with a distinction. There is a profound difference between using AI to manufacture expertise you...
I came across an observation this morning that stopped me in my tracks. (Wyn Hopkins post on LinkedIn) Someone had apparently suggested using AI to make AI-generated...
By Hiran de Silva What You Need To Do Prompt your favourite AI to give to an overview of how you should approach the following requirement. You can give it the entire...