Archive - August 2025

By Hiran de Silva Why the World’s Most Misunderstood Software Holds the Biggest Untapped Opportunity in Enterprise Productivity In a recent article, I explained...

By Hiran de Silva When you create content that gains traction on social media—hundreds of likes, thousands of views, and positive feedback—you will inevitably be asked:...

By Hiran de Silva In a world where spreadsheets underpin the operations of nearly every industry—from finance and logistics to healthcare and education—it’s...

By Hiran de Silva A few days ago, Oz du Soleil posted a wonderful Excel challenge—one that’s drawn dozens of responses from the vibrant LinkedIn Excel community. The...

By Hiran de Silva Introducing the Digital Librarian 30 years ago, Excel was a standalone tool. Today? For most users on social media… it still is. But here’s the truth...

By Hiran de Silva For anyone working in enterprise systems during the 1990s, the story will sound familiar. As spreadsheet-based processes started to creak under the...

By Hiran de Silva You walked into the interview confident. You had the certificates, the LinkedIn endorsements, the hours clocked on YouTube, the badges from modern...

By Hiran de Silva In the era of social media, recognition is the new currency. We’ve all seen the posts. A clever Excel trick. A punchy video. A 60-second tutorial that...

By Hiran de Silva In today’s digital ecosystem, social media is the marketplace of perception. What rises to the top is what the crowd votes for — not necessarily what’s...

By Hiran de Silva Excel became the dominant force it is today not because it was powerful in the traditional sense, but because it was agile. It allowed individuals and...