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 Voiceover Script Most spreadsheets in the world live alone. A spreadsheet is created.Data is imported.The analyst cleans it, reshapes it, joins it with...
A 30-Year Mis-Statement Is About to Be Tested By Hiran de Silva Over the last few days something interesting has happened. Whenever someone on LinkedIn posts yet another...
Why Microsoft changed the name, and why the confusion never really went away By Hiran de Silva There is a strange story inside Excel. It is a story about a tool, but it...
By Hiran de Silva There is a fascinating pattern hiding inside the history of spreadsheets. It only becomes visible when several different ideas are placed side by side...
From a Tiny Cell to a Global System By Hiran de Silva From caterpillar to a butterfly When people talk about financial modelling in Excel, they almost always focus on...
By Hiran de Silva Every so often, a debate flares up online about Microsoft Copilot, or some new Excel feature, or some shiny new technology that does not quite behave...
And the Fork in the Road Nobody Talks About By Hiran de Silva There is a story about Excel that almost nobody tells. Not because it is secret.Not because it is...
By Hiran de Silva There is a video. It has been watched more than 250,000 times. It has thousands of likes. It has hundreds of comments — almost all congratulatory. It...
How I learned that nobody really knows what “Excel skills” means By Hiran de Silva How good are you at Excel? It sounds like a simple question. But after 30 years...
The Lesson Missing From Excel Education By Hiran de Silva There is a simple demonstration I often run using a model I call Friends Expenses. At first glance, it looks...