This article is not for the faint hearted! As Md Ismail Hosen pointed out in a bit of a rant on LinkedIn just now, there are hundreds of new videos and posts on social...

Some may argue that I’m being overly critical of people who are just starting to learn Excel, diving into VLOOKUPs and discovering the excitement of keyboard...

In today’s hyper-connected world, social media platforms have an outsized influence on education and skill development, including Excel training. YouTube channels...

Recently, I came across an insightful post by Jessica S, who begins by putting the common phrase “A spreadsheet is not a database” in quotes. This phrase...

I’ve recently been reflecting on the Excel training landscape, triggered by a couple of episodes from the WSP Annual Budgeting series. It struck me that one of the...

In both the FP&A tools industry and the professional Excel world, we find ourselves pushing against the same fundamental pain: the chaotic, messy, and risky use of...

Enterprise Context In professional Excel, we are primarily dealing with an enterprise context. This requires a different mindset compared to single-user scenarios...

Having explained the difference between popular Excel and professional Excel, it’s clear that these two approaches serve very different purposes. Popular Excel is...

In today’s business landscape, there exists a significant yet often overlooked dichotomy between what I call Popular Excel and Professional Excel. At first glance, these...

Microsoft’s product development and marketing strategies have long been a topic of interest, especially as the company pivots to keep pace with competitors like...