About
Hi — I’m Blair Flicker
Section titled “Hi — I’m Blair Flicker”I’m an Assistant Professor of Management Science at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, where I teach Operations Management to undergraduates.
My research lives at the intersection of human and algorithmic decision-making: behavioral operations management, judgmental forecasting, and how people actually use (or push back on) data tools at work. A paper in that area earned the 2024 Best Paper Award in Operations Management at Management Science. In 2025 I was named one of Poets & Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Professors, which still feels surreal to type.
Why this site exists
Section titled “Why this site exists”In the classroom and in office hours, I keep noticing the same thing: students are smart and motivated, but the spreadsheet half of business analytics is often where confidence breaks down. A formula that looks intimidating, a Power Query step that feels like magic, a Power BI report that won’t refresh — these are the moments where a 90-second explanation saves an afternoon.
Excel Prof is where I’m collecting those 90-second explanations.
The plan is short, focused tutorials you can actually finish:
- Excel — formulas, tables, and modelling patterns I find myself re-teaching every semester.
- Power Query — cleaning and reshaping messy data without writing code (and a little M when it helps).
- Power BI — turning data models into dashboards that answer real business questions.
If something here is useful in your classroom, in your office, or in your own learning — that’s exactly what I was hoping for.