It’s funny—Excel is just cells and formulas, but the impact is always about people. A cleaner report means less stress for a teammate. An automated tracker means more time back for someone’s day.

Has Excel ever helped you make someone else’s work easier?

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its all about cost benefit analysis at the end

Yes and it’s constantly changing

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