Virginia Pozzato
Improving on perfection — where next for the spreadsheet?
16th December 2020
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By Virginia Pozzato
Over the course of history, a number of inventions and innovations stand out as catalysts of seismic shifts in human productivity. It’s arguable, for instance, that the plough kick-started civilisation, and laid the bedrock for our modern economy. As we fast-forward through time to the modern day, it may feel difficult to attribute that same weight to, …
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