On the mental exhaustion of a day in Excel

I love Excel, even though I'm not all that good at using it. I love Excel, because it does work for me: executing elementary school arithmetic at scale; evaluating a set of sales of data; suggesting formulas to solve my questions. But I also love Excel because it forces me to do mental work I'm … Continue reading On the mental exhaustion of a day in Excel →

Accumulating skills instead of knowledge

Knowledge is relatively easy to accumulate quickly, but it also depreciates quickly. Skills are hard to win, but keep their value a little longer. David Maister Knowledge is easy. Crack open a book, peruse your New York Times app, hop over to Wikipedia—all you need is attention and retention. Easy enough! In the workplace, though, … Continue reading Accumulating skills instead of knowledge →