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...
The one small step that separates personal spreadsheets from enterprise solutions — and why nobody is teaching it By Hiran de Silva | 13 October 2026 There is a...
This is what Tim does every Friday. Fifty warehouses hold inventory. Inventory levels are recorded on a spreadsheet at each warehouse. Every Friday they send their stock...
The Next Industrial Revolution — and Why Excel Professionals May Be Standing on the Wrong Side of It Hiran de Silva | 8 October 2026 Is Reg Putting Excel Professionals...
By Hiran de Silva I have finally got around to explaining something about myself that I probably should have explained a long time ago. It may explain why I sometimes...
Tim and Reg Conversation. The script for a two-person dialogue video.THIS IS the edit of Tuesday 6 October at 1300 [TIM]Reg, can I ask you something?[REG]Of course...
We have been teaching Excel for the wrong world By Hiran de Silva For more than forty years, Excel has been one of the most important business tools ever created. And...
By Hiran de Silva There is a particular claim about Excel that has been repeated for so long that it appears to have acquired the status of fact. Why are people still...
By Hiran de Silva On the 41st birthday of Microsoft Excel, I would like to remind everyone of something that apparently still needs saying. Excel is alive and well...
Are Excel students sometimes ahead of their teachers? By Hiran de Silva Yesterday marked the 41st anniversary of the launch of Excel on the Macintosh. That seems a good...
By Hiran de Silva Imagine you’re lost in a desert. You’ve been walking for hours. You’re thirsty. You’re tired. There’s nothing around you...