30/11/2025
"I love my EXโฆ despite the hot BI.โ
A CFO once confessed to me that adopting a new BI platform felt like starting a new relationship.
Itโs powerful, smart, visually stunningโฆ everything I should want, he said.
But every time I try to settle inโฆ I catch myself glancing back at Excel.
And honestly, who can blame him?
Excel has been there since the early days
late nights, messy data, last-minute board decks,
creative formulas that only you understand,
and the legendary โdonโt touch anything or itโll breakโ workbook.
๐๐โ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต.
Reliable. Familiar.
A little chaotic, but always there when you need it.
Then along comes BI. Sophisticated. Automated.
Pretty dashboards, real-time updates, and zero tolerance for messy VLOOKUP drama.
Everyone says, โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ! ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ!โ
But hereโs the twist:
๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ.
๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐
๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐
.
๐๐โ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ-๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ.
BI brings scalability.
Excel brings flexibility.
Together?
They help finance teams move from reactive reporting to proactive decision-making.
So yesโฆ
๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐
๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ,
๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ (๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ) ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต.
What about you - still glancing back at Excel, or fully committed to BI? ๐
