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Your Excel users aren’t working up to their potential. But it’s not their fault.
As a rule, they’re smart, well-educated, work long hours, and know a lot about Excel. But like a carpenter who has no blueprint to follow, they have no strategy to follow when they work with data in Excel. And therefore, their report-construction projects are mostly trial and error.
The EDP Strategy gives them the blueprint they need. And this category explores how your company can benefit from that transformation.
This all-Excel strategy ends Excel drudgework, automates your reports and analyses, and frees your team to deliver high-impact insights faster. With help from AI, Excel’s new era starts now! SUMMARY: You can end Excel drudgery with the EDP Strategy—automate updates, eliminate errors, and turn Excel into a fast, insight-driven system powered by Excel flowbooks and…
Excel users regain recognition and energy when drudgework disappears and their insights fuel confident executive decisions. SUMMARY: Many companies are shifting to skills-based hiring and learning—but when it comes to Excel, this approach deepens the problem. Teaching only Excel skills reinforces burnout and low productivity. The solution isn’t more Excel skills—it’s a systematic, all-Excel method…
Here’s how companies lose tens of thousands of dollars per employee, per month by failing to upgrade their Excel workflows. SUMMARY: Manual Excel work drains time and talent. This article shows how Excel Data Plumbers, using the EDP Strategy and Excel flowbooks, can outperform traditional copy-pasters by 10x—saving $100K/month per employee through automation, reusable templates,…
Excel’s ten biggest problems are solved with a clear strategy that standardizes design, automates data, and ensures accuracy. SUMMARY: According to ChatGPT, companies suffer from ten persistent problems with Excel. An all-Excel strategy—with help from ChatGPT or Copilot—solves all of them by standardizing workbook design, flowing data smoothly from sources to outputs, and automating repetitive tasks without…
The EDP Strategy turns Excel from a bottleneck into a growth engine, delivering speed, clarity, and frontline empowerment. SUMMARY: McKinsey outlines a new model built on speed, decentralization, and frontline initiative. An all-Excel strategy—with help from AI—delivers the infrastructure to make that model work—turning Excel from a bottleneck into a strategic engine. It empowers teams,…
GenAI partners with Excel users to fill skill gaps, troubleshoot, and accelerate insight across every business function. SUMMARY: An all-Excel strategy—with help from ChatGPT or Copilot—transforms Excel from a time-consuming tool into a nimble platform. It does so by introducing modular Excel flowbooks, rapid iteration, and GenAI-supported workflows. It empowers users to adapt across time,…
Excel users accelerate CFO careers by leading projects, automating data flows, and delivering board‑ready insights with AI support. SUMMARY: An all-Excel strategy—with help from ChatGPT or Copilot—can give Excel users the power to accelerate their finance careers by treating spreadsheets as strategic tools, not just reporting platforms. By proactively leading projects—such as crafting board‑ready dashboards,…
Companies thrive when Excel becomes a scalable engine for forecasting, scenario planning, and transparent decision‑making. SUMMARY: Growth and cost control aren’t opposing goals—they’re twin engines of high performance. By adopting an all-Excel strategy, with help from ChatGPT or Copilot, finance teams eliminate manual reporting and build scalable workbooks that automate updates and surface actionable insight….
Stagnation, not training, drives turnover. Growth and trust keep your best people engaged. SUMMARY: Many companies underinvest in training, fearing talent loss. But research shows the real risk is stagnation—not growth. Training combined with trust, purpose, and an all-Excel strategy—with help from ChatGPT or Copilot—empowers employees to thrive and stay. Upskilling succeeds when people are…
Companies save millions when Excel shifts from copy‑paste chaos to structured flowbooks that refresh reports and analyses with one command. SUMMARY: Managers waste resources on repetitive Excel work that AI can now automate. The EDP Strategy replaces ad hoc design with scalable systems, freeing teams to focus on strategic reporting, reduce burnout, and unlock hidden…