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Once you become ultra-productive in Excel, you’ll gain the time and tools to benefit your career significantly—often with guidance from AI. This category contains ideas to make that happen.
Manual Excel work is wasting your time, stalling your career, and killing your visibility. This Excel strategy changes that. SUMMARY: Most Excel users are buried in repetitive, invisible work that burns them out and stalls their careers. The EDP Strategy replaces that drudgery with automated, AI-enhanced workflows—unlocking visibility, value, and promotability. It’s not too late…
SUMMARY: Layoffs and 70-hour workweeks are on the rise—but Excel Data Plumbers offer a smarter alternative. They deliver much more value in much less time by shifting the focus from effort to outcomes. Their Golden Portfolio, built with public data, proves their skills. Using an all-Excel strategy and support from ChatGPT, they produce insights, automate…
SUMMARY: An all-Excel strategy, with help from ChatGPT, doesn’t just make Excel work faster—it gives users their lives back. By eliminating 90% or more of Excel scutwork, it frees time for sleep, creativity, and connection. EDP turns Excel from a burden into a springboard for better work—and a better life. Here’s an introduction to the…
SUMMARY: Data storytelling transforms raw data into clear, actionable insights. This article explains how Excel users can overcome time constraints and tool limitations by combining an all-Excel strategy with AI and flipbook tools. The result is faster, more engaging, and more insightful reporting that moves stakeholders from confusion to clarity. Here’s an introduction to the…
Static dashboards waste time. Dynamic dashboards eliminate the waste—and make interactivity possible when you need it. SUMMARY: Every Excel dashboard must be dynamic. That’s the new baseline. But the best dashboards don’t stop there—they’re built for interaction when it’s needed. The Excel Data Plumbing Strategy makes both possible, starting with one command and scaling to…
SUMMARY: Most companies think Excel can’t support true analytics without third-party tools or enterprise SaaS. But an all-Excel strategy changes that—with help from ChatGPT or Copilot. By automating data flows and structuring models intelligently, EDP enables descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics—entirely within Excel. It’s a breakthrough for analysts, managers, and CFOs alike. Here’s an…
SUMMARY: Excel professionals achieve more meaningful work by adopting an all-Excel strategy that automates repetitive tasks and scales reporting—with help from ChatGPT or Copilot. By building flowbooks that streamline data imports, transformation, and output, users can process larger datasets, drive cross-functional analytics, and tailor outputs to varied stakeholder needs. This shift from scutwork to brainwork…
SUMMARY: By transforming Excel into an “imagination machine” that relies on an AI-assisted all-Excel strategy, users convert routine reporting into dynamic innovation platforms. Through automated flowbooks, anomaly detection, rapid prototyping, and flexible playbooks, they surface insights, challenge assumptions, and accelerate idea testing at a corporate scale. This elevates Excel from static output to strategic enabler—fueling…
If you want to stay employed, stand out, and move up—start by building an Excel portfolio that proves your value. SUMMARY: Most Excel users are invisible—and replaceable. The Golden Portfolio changes that. It turns your Excel work into proof of value using public data, flowbooks, and the Excel Data Plumbing Strategy. It closes your Excel…
SUMMARY: Burnout among Excel professionals isn’t just about long hours—it stems from outdated workflows that strip away time, advancement, and recognition from overworked Excel users. This article explains how a new, all-Excel strategy for working with data in Excel—often with help from AI—slashes scutwork, restores professional energy, and unlocks the strategic contributions that today’s innovation…