On May 16, 2023, I was a panellist on the FP&A Today podcast   along with 2 other MVP’s, Mark Proctor and George Mount.  Paul Barnhurst moderated the discussion on the topic “Why it is important to up your Excel game and how you can do it.”  

We talked about: 

  • When Excel first emerged as a difference-maker in our lives 
  • The challenge of finance teams descending to the lowest common Excel skill set
  • The untapped power of PowerQuery and where to start 
  • The power of prepping your data properly 
  • Python vs Excel 
  • Automating Excel reports using Python 
  • How to deal with tricky Excel issues 
  • Will Excel go extinct with the rise of AI 
  • The thing that you absolutely could not live without in Excel 

It was fascinating to see how similar our views were on many of these topics even though our journeys and experiences with Excel are very different.