In any industry-shaking transformation, there are bound to be detractors. My Excel enterprise methodology—a model that uses client-server...
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The Gordon Ramsay Challenge: Rethinking What’s “Clever” in Excel Means – and Tripling Your Pay
In the world of Excel, almost everyone thinks they know what clever looks like. Ask around and you’ll hear familiar responses: Power Query, pivot...
ChatGPT is either mad, or drunk. I asked it for a basic benchmark for consolidating 382 Budgets at 4 group and sub-group levels. It said to expect an...
[VIDEO SCRIPT]Type: Pre-Learning Intro to Live “Excel Happening” [Opening: Presenter On Camera or Animated Character] Presenter (smiling):Welcome...
The Real Reason VBA Gets Banned: Corporate Politics, Misinformation, and Missed Opportunities
For years, there’s been a persistent claim echoing across social media and corporate boardrooms alike: “Most companies have disabled VBA.” Or more...
It’s official. “Excel Hell” exists. We’ve all heard the whispers in the cubicles. Maybe you’ve even seen it firsthand: 73 linked files, all nested...
1. Introduction – Focal Squares to Spray Guns Welcome. Today, I’m going to show you something that will completely reframe how you see...
There’s a peculiar kind of dogma that persists in the modern business software world — a belief that Excel, though useful, is inherently limited...
Revisiting the 2017 WSJ Excel Debate—The Power Query Illusion and Misunderstood Collaboration
In November 2017, The Wall Street Journal published a thought-provoking piece that triggered a wave of responses from the Excel community. Among the...
Excel vs the $100 Billion Illusion: How the Enterprise Goldmine Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight
By Hiran de Silva Introduction: Beyond the Posts This article was inspired by numerous posts from Paul Barnhurst and other influencers in the...


