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Issue 7

When Spreadsheets Run the Business

Spreadsheets are useful, but they become operational risk when they are the only place status, ownership, and next actions exist.

Audience

Teams using spreadsheets as the coordination layer between multiple tools.

Workflow

Reporting and coordination

Diagnosis

The spreadsheet is manually updated from several systems.
Reports require cleanup before leaders trust them.
No one can tell whether a stale row means done, blocked, or forgotten.

Practical Move

Separate the spreadsheet into source data, status logic, owner actions, and reporting output before automating cleanup.

LinkedIn Post Seed

The problem is not that your team uses spreadsheets. The problem is when the spreadsheet becomes the only operating system for status, ownership, and next action.

Outreach Question

Which spreadsheet would create the most disruption if the one person who maintains it took a week off?