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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...

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...

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...

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...

By Hiran de Silva There’s widespread misunderstanding of what pivot tables are actually for. The clue is in the name: pivot. A Little History By the...

By Hiran de Silva This piece is inspired by the reflections of Md Ismail Hosen on LinkedIn. This is Part 3. See Part 1 and Part 2 here. In earlier...

By Hiran de Silva This is a follow up (Part 2), inspired by Md Ismail Hosen’s post on LinkedIn about BS on social media posts. (Part 1) Imagine...

By Hiran de Silva There’s widespread misunderstanding of what pivot tables are actually for. The clue is in the name: pivot. To pivot is to change...

By Hiran de Silva This article is inspired by an excellent post by Md Ismail Hosen on LinkedIn today. We live in a world where “truth” is no longer a...

By Hiran de Silva Imagine a world where everyone drives cars. Motoring isn’t just transport – it’s a way of life, almost a religion.But here’s the...