By Hiran de Silva Recently, Mark Proctor shared a post suggesting that “vibe coding” is little more than prompt bingo—type something in, cross your fingers, and hope the...

By Hiran de Silva There are two powerful business models operating in the Excel universe today.Both are vibrant. Both are profitable.Yet neither tells the full story. A...

By Hiran de Silva The Father Christmas Problem in the Excel Community** There is a strange phenomenon in the social-media Excel world:Influencers seem genuinely...

By Hiran de Silva Every seasoned leader occasionally performs a subtle experiment to understand how people really behave. One chairman I once worked for sent an all...

By Hiran de Silva Signposts are supposed to guide travellers. But what if the signpost is beautiful, polished, persuasive… yet pointing entirely the wrong way? Imagine...

By Hiran de Silva And Why Is Nobody Allowed to Ask That Question? In any field, teaching is supposed to mean something.You choose a level.You choose a scenario.You...

By Hiran de Silva There is something almost comical—if it weren’t so damaging—about the Excel education industry today. Scroll through YouTube. Sign up for a...

By Hiran de Silva Most Excel teaching follows a predictable pattern. Here’s a button.Here’s a checkbox.Here’s a formula.Press this, tick that, watch what happens. It’s a...

By Hiran de Silva Good evening everyone.Today I want to ask a question that sounds simple, but might change the way you see Excel forever. What is Basic Excel, and what...

By Hiran de Silva For more than two decades, a falsehood has been repeated across boardrooms, sales presentations, and webinars: “You can’t consolidate bottom-up with...