Changing Habits One Step at a Time
The story goes that a husband asks his wife why she makes a meatloaf, cuts it in half, then puts the halves in a pan side-by-side. She answered that her mother had always done it that way. Now curious herself, 
she phoned her mother, “Mom why do we cut our meatloaf in half before cooking it?” Mom answered, “That’s how Gram always did it.” So the wife calls Gram with the same question. Gram said “I don’t know why you cut your meatloaf in half, but I do it because my pan was too small for a whole thing.” The point of the story is that habits, good or bad, often get passed along without questioning, “Why”.
Changing habits is one of the hardest things we can do. Anyone who plays golf can attest to that, but our business lives are not so different. We get in the habit of doing certain things in a particular way. Even when there is a better option, we’re reluctant to change.
Emailing spreadsheets is one of the most common things we do in business today. It spans companies and positions. People in administration, sales, marketing, finance and management email dozens of spreadsheets attachments every day. As a result, we all live with multiple file versions, spreadsheet clutter, and security risks. But like the new bride, very few of us question why we attach spreadsheets to emails.
When we launched eXpresso, we knew we had a better way of managing and sharing spreadsheets. We have lots of converts that “were tired of cutting the meatloaf in half” and wanted to simplify life and make things easier for themselves. We also have lots of people that are trying, but just keep falling back into their old conventional groove of email attachment. So, we thought we’d introduce an easy first step to get the “change” ball rolling.
eXpresso offline for Excel allows you to work on Excel on your familiar desktop and save it to eXpresso for distribution and sharing. Get all the benefits of a single version of Excel – audit trails, real time update, sharing – without having to give up the power and convenience of the desktop. eXpresso offline for Excel connects seamlessly to the eXpresso server.
We always thought this hybrid model was the best approach to working in today’s environment. We just forgot how hard it is to change, even for a better option. Why not try this easy first step and let us know how it works.
