What’s your real business problem?
We talked earlier about Excel being the engine room of many businesses. Somebody (a client or an employer) pays you to use it for a reason. The knowledge you have embedded in your spreadsheets helps the business save money or make more sales. If you work with an organization that saves lives, the knowledge you have embedded in your spreadsheets could get people the right medicine at the right time.
The knowledge you have embedded is the important part. Spreadsheets are just convenient tools to capture and share that knowledge. Since most businesses have intense (and growing) competition, how well you capture and manage that knowledge dictates whether your business will survive and grow or shrink and close in the coming years.
Spreadsheets are convenient tools, but they are not perfect. In fact, if your organization relies heavily on Excel, it is likely that most people haven’t (yet) thought about how to capture and maintain the...
