by Donald MacCormick | Nov 19, 2021 | Blog, Expert Opinion
Today Culture of Insight tweeted the picture above of a slide from a presentation they were attending and made the point that the presenter was engaging in the rather dubious practice of y-axis shortening. This is where the visualization of comparative changes is...
by Mel Sheppard | Jun 24, 2021 | Blog, Expert Opinion
So, it struck me recently that my wife’s Excel skills and spreadsheet use (she works in a school) could mean that she’s a developer but just doesn’t know it. And if this is the case, does this mean that Excel users are the largest tribe of developers on the...
by Claire Harris | May 13, 2021 | Blog, Expert Opinion
Ever wondered how you can work faster in Excel to become more productive? Looking for some essential Excel tips? Organising your data, and making it easier for decisions to be made from your spreadsheet is not as hard as you might think. John Michaloudis —...
by Claire Harris | May 13, 2021 | Blog, Expert Opinion
Welcome to part two of our blog series on essential Excel tips, where you’ll learn 5 more time-saving tips from John Michaloudis — Chief Inspirational Officer at MyExcelOnline. And as before, we’ll finish up with how you can use your Excel spreadsheets for...
by Donald MacCormick | Apr 1, 2021 | Blog, Expert Opinion
Intuition gained from a model can outstrip other benefits. A First Job Many years ago, fresh from college, I joined one of the first spreadsheet modelling groups in the UK*. We used computers like this: to create spreadsheets like this: which were used to...
by RichHarvey | Oct 20, 2020 | Blog, Expert Opinion, Strategy
It’s OK if you’ve made wrong decisions in a project for the right reasons Making decisions in a project is not always plain sailing Right at the start of the development of the Squirrel designer, we set ourselves some very aggressive timescales to...
