“Spreadsheets run the world. When they break, governments and companies turn to an elite group of experts to save the day”

“Research suggests more than 90 per cent of spreadsheets have errors, and half of spreadsheet models used in large businesses have “material defects”. Given some 750 million people use Excel globally, there are plenty of errors needing attention. One prominent researcher calls spreadsheets the dark matter of corporate IT. And that’s why people like Lyford-Smith have become defenders of the spreadsheet, mitigating the risks by fixing everyone else’s mistakes.”

“In the end, the problem isn’t spreadsheets, but people.”

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/spreadsheet-excel-errors

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