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...
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To celebrate Excel’s 40th anniversary, Bill Jelen posed the question: What non-business spreadsheet have you ever created? My answer is simple and unique: the Beatles...
By Hiran de Silva This article is inspired by a post from Mike Thomas on LinkedIn. We are in danger of falling into a lazy trap: projecting today’s technological...
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Excel’s Origin Story Brought Into Today – And Why the Opportunity Is Even Greater Tomorrow
By Hiran de Silva If you’ve followed my origin story, you might already be asking yourself a simple question. That penny-drop moment I experienced all those years...
By Hiran de Silva Just before Christmas in 1996, I took on a six-week temp assignment. The task was to assist a colleague with year-end reconciliations. The job was...