By Hiran de Silva In enterprise environments, Excel is ubiquitous. It’s the tool of choice for budgeting, reconciliation, forecasting, reporting, and...
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By Hiran de Silva This video is a demonstration to demystify the phrase “Excel is not a database,” a common refrain in social media debates—most...
Authenticity, AI, and the Account Reconciliation Contest – A Challenge to the Excel Establishment
In the current debate around AI, authenticity, and professional credibility, a fascinating case study has emerged: a direct comparison between two...
By Hiran de Silva In this first part of a three-part series, I want to explore something that feels both timeless and alarmingly new: the evolution...
By Hiran de Silva A recent comment from Casper Badenhorst — in a thread discussing voice, authenticity, and AI — gave me pause. It was a fair...
By Hiran de Silva Listen to the discussion above. Save time! Earlier today, prompted by a comment from Casper Badenhorst on a thread discussing...
By Hiran de Silva Read the article. Or listen to the podcast at the end. Then listen to the debate above. A recent post by Giles Male on LinkedIn...
By Hiran de Silva Refers to: The WSP Annual Budgeting process transformation When someone says they’re being hired for their Excel skills, what does...
Below is a list of actual enterprise-level spreadsheet challenges—each drawn from real business contexts. These aren’t puzzles or exercises; they’re...
In the world of Excel, the word “scalability” is usually where the conversation ends—not begins. Most discussions about Excel’s limitations rely on...


