A Manifesto by Hiran de Silva Why Should Anyone Care? A fair question. Much of the Excel content on social media can leave us asking exactly that. Interesting feature...
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A Manifesto by Hiran de Silva Most businesses run on data. Not just accounting data. Not just records kept for legal compliance. Businesses run on data because data...
By Hiran de Silva Are you impressed by cloud-based planning tools? Perhaps you’ve watched demonstrations from Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning, Planful...
A Simple Demonstration That Exposes the Excel Progress Paradox By Hiran de Silva In my previous article, The Excel Progress Paradox, I argued that something unusual has...
By Hiran de Silva Throughout history, progress has usually followed a familiar pattern. Something revolutionary appears.It changes the game.It becomes the accepted...
By Hiran de Silva This morning, Paul Barnhurst made an interesting post about AI and financial modelling. The broad sentiment was something along the lines of: AI is...