Archive - September 2025

By Hiran de Silva Imagine two neighbouring countries. In one, people love apples. In the other, people love oranges. Farmers in each country grow what their people want...

By Hiran de Silva A recent post by Frank Custers is a textbook example of how easily miscommunication and miseducation spread across social media. It wasn’t unique—Colin...

By Hiran de Silva Driving within the speed limit isn’t advanced motoring. It’s basic. But try pulling a wheelie in a traffic jam, and see where that gets you… For...

By Hiran de Silva Another day, another LinkedIn post by a salesman from the Excel-bashing industry declaring, “Excel can’t scale.” Let’s be clear. This isn’t just false...

By Hiran de Silva Over the years, I’ve had productive conversations with people like Oz du Soleil, Mark Proctor, and many others about the state of Excel training...

By Hiran de Silva When Oz du Soleil responded to Jon O’s comment under Mike Thomas’s post, he said something that sparked a deeper reflection: “Fortunately, the Excel...

By Hiran de Silva A few days ago, under a post by Mike Thomas referencing the “Excel is not a database” meme (with the famous Simpsons blackboard), a powerful comment...

By Hiran de Silva In the early days of computing—specifically during the 1980s—there was a technical limitation that shaped a generation of spreadsheet users in a rather...

By Hiran de Silva Most people who know me know that I am deeply committed to Excel, not as a hobby, not as a commodity skill, but as a vehicle for solving real business...

By Hiran de Silva “Excel Hell” is a phrase many of us know all too well. Senior managers feel the pain most acutely, but even at the ground level, workers often sense...