Spreadsheet errors can have disastrous consequences – yet we keep making the same mistakes

Spreadsheet-related errors can have serious consequences in the private and public sector. But what can we do to overcome them?

Simon Thorne, Senior Lecturer in Computing and ​Information Systems, Cardiff Metropolitan University • conversation
Jan. 25, 2024 • ~7 min

Excel errors: the UK government has an embarrassingly long history of spreadsheet horror stories

Government needs to take its spreadsheets more seriously.

Simon Thorne, Senior Lecturer in Computing and ​Information Systems, Cardiff Metropolitan University • conversation
Oct. 7, 2020 • ~5 min

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