The Mistakes in Structure and Data Thinking That Break Models with Mark Proctor
In this episode of Financial Modeler’s Corner, host Paul Barnhurst (aka The FP&A Guy) is joined by guest Mark Proctor. Together, they discuss the intricacies of financial modeling and data analysis, with a focus on building efficient models and leveraging automation in Excel. Mark shares his deep...
Global Excel Summit Review
🗣️🔥The Excel v Power BI debate re-ignites!
QOTW: How was the Global Excel Summit?
Plus, the usual banter:
🕺🏻Giles learns some moves
📏How tall was Wyn?
🍫🐧 Tim Tams vs Penguins
🚨Hotel Alarms
🍳Is 3 breakfasts in a day too many?
🎤Mark's Magic Mic trick
🙎🏻♀️ Is Julie truly that unruly?
🎵...
Cowork Credits - AI costs hit home
Special Guest : Deb Ashby TIKTOK
QOTW: What is Cowork and Credits?
Plus, we go off on tangents (as usual)
🎥 Camtasia tips
💡 Solving long-standing problems
🛍️ Ultimate goodie bags
😧 Forgetting you already did it… 10 months ago!
⏰ All managers wait until 5PM
🚐 Excel NOT On The Road
🔥 Burn...
Success and f-ai-lure
QOTW: What does success look like on Excel and Power BI projects?
Other nonsense:
🎉 Hitting 1,000 YouTube subscribers
Mark's break dancing outfit
🍻 Lithuania trip and alcohol consumption facts
🏷️ Excel name tag fail at a spreadsheet event
⚽ World Cup Permissions
🕵️ Fraud and impersonation...
Where do you start with AI?
QOTW: Where Do You Start with AI?
Special Guest Fay Bordbar
Other nonsense:
🏄🏻♂️ Mark's away and we've got Fay
🐟 Start Small and Snowball
🎯 You're Not as Far Behind as You Think
💰 The Hidden Cost of AI ( burnt dinners? )
🧠 Data Literacy Before AI Hype
🤖 Agents, Copilot and Automation
...
Rob Collie
Special Guest Rob Collie
New Book: Fair Game
🟢 Working on the Excel Team
📖 The Original Power Pivot Book
🚿 Fawcett First
🤖 Customising AI
📖 Rob's new book: FAIR GAME
🧐 Hoity Toity Agentic Agents
Unpivot Show Links Page
Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male.
Schrödinger's Toilet
QOTW: What Personal Projects have use built with Excel or Power BI
Other nonsense:
🖥️🖥️🖥️ How many MONITORS is too many?
👰🏻♀️💍Weddings!
👮🏻🎶 Theme Tune Copyright Violation
🐿️ Is AI diverting us to lower priority activity?
🆑Power BI Bookmark Bliss with Claude Code?
🎼🎸Macro Chords
🐕Pomer...
And Also... Tables plus Wish Lists
QOTW: Why are Tables so important?
Other nonsense:
🎂🍾Birthdays
🗣️🌎Foreign Languages
🐿️ 🐀Unnatural Habitats
🙈🫥Embarrassing events
🧞♂️🪔Wish Lists
🗞️⚡Breaking News
🐨🦘Aussie Word of the Week
Unpivot Show Links Page
Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male.
Never Say Never - when does advice become dogma?
Thanks to special guest Oz du Soleil
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozdata/
QotW: My way or the highway: When does advice become dogma and how to find the balance.
Other topics:
🏯Japan
🔍Kaleidoscopes
🏊🏻Mile Swim
🦘Word of the week
🙊Do we need an opinion on everything?
Unpivot Show Links...
Birthdays and Lists
QotW: Lists in Excel?
Other topics:
🎂 Birthdays
🤖 Is Copilot actually good now?
📢 Power BI Announcements
🤯 2 Million Billion Calculations per second
🪃 Aussie Lingo Quiz
Unpivot Show Links Page
Hosts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, Sue Bayes and Giles Male.
