The Five-Minute Convincer By Hiran de Silva Imagine Gordon Ramsay has just hired you. And if you’ve ever seen Gordon Ramsay on television, you’ll know one thing. He is...
Archive - September 2026
By Hiran de Silva There is a question I keep asking which, in the world of Excel, seems to be regarded as almost offensively stupid. Someone presents a difficult Excel...
By Hiran de Silva Librarians are among the most essential and underappreciated professionals in the world. Their work ensures that knowledge stored in books remains...
By Hiran de Silva There is something I have been thinking about for a long time. It concerns the things we perceive to be difficult when they are not difficult at all...
Before We Replace the Wheel, Can We Ask Why It Is Broken? By Hiran de Silva There is an interesting discussion taking place in the GenCFO community around the familiar...
By Hiran de Silva There is a complaint I occasionally hear from people who create Excel content on social media. They spend an enormous amount of time researching a...
The Biggest Opportunity in Excel May Be the One Nobody Is Teaching By Hiran de Silva There is something very strange about Excel education. It becomes apparent when you...
By Hiran de Silva There is a curious narrative around Microsoft Access. Access is dead. Nobody uses it anymore. Microsoft has let it die. I came across it again in a...
By Hiran de Silva For more than 30 years, Microsoft Access has been dying. Apparently. From time to time, another article, post or comment appears declaring that Access...
By Hiran de Silva This morning I came across an excellent post from Michael Polan on LinkedIn. His starting point was simple: Excel gets a bad rap. And instead of...