“We really need to track this information. Can you create a spreadsheet so we can start logging this please?”

Sounds familiar? For many it does. “Death by Powerpoint” is a well-known expression but we might as well add “Fatigue by Spreadsheet” to it.

Don’t get me wrong, spreadsheet and Excel have their time in place. But if Excel is your go-to solution when you need to gather, manipulate and present data, is it always the best tool for the job? Or is it just the one you know?