Over the past year, artificial intelligence—especially tools like ChatGPT—has been capturing the attention of anyone who’s explored its capabilities...
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How do we know if what we’re learning from social media is the right approach for what we need? How can we tell if the techniques shown are truly...
This article is not for the faint hearted! As Md Ismail Hosen pointed out in a bit of a rant on LinkedIn just now, there are hundreds of new videos...
Some may argue that I’m being overly critical of people who are just starting to learn Excel, diving into VLOOKUPs and discovering the...
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How Social Media Encourages Bad Practices in Excel Education: The Disconnect Between Popular Techniques and Enterprise Realities
In today’s hyper-connected world, social media platforms have an outsized influence on education and skill development, including Excel...
Recently, I came across an insightful post by Jessica S, who begins by putting the common phrase “A spreadsheet is not a database” in...
I’ve recently been reflecting on the Excel training landscape, triggered by a couple of episodes from the WSP Annual Budgeting series. It...
In both the FP&A tools industry and the professional Excel world, we find ourselves pushing against the same fundamental pain: the chaotic...
Enterprise Context In professional Excel, we are primarily dealing with an enterprise context. This requires a different mindset compared to single...
Having explained the difference between popular Excel and professional Excel, it’s clear that these two approaches serve very different...