We often imagine that a process mining starter kit includes a few basic tools: a process mining platform, some SQL knowledge and a dash of analytics. But anyone who's worked on real-world projects knows: that's just the tip of the iceberg.

The truth is, what lies underneath makes all the difference. To bring real impact, you need to be part detective, part translator, part challenger.

You need to ask "why" even when it's uncomfortable. You need to navigate ambiguity, make sense of chaos and hold the room in a workshop that may go off-script in the first... 5 minutes.

You need to speak the language of business and tech – sometimes literally (like our Liliya Minibaeva who once ran a frequency analysis on Arabic-language process data). And you need the humility to adapt fast – because the process rarely follows a perfect line.

That's exactly what our Daria Solomina and Liliya Minibaeva brought to the Women in Process Mining (WIPM) event this week. They:

- demonstrated how ProcessIntelligence fits naturally into the Lean Six Sigma DMAIC phases both as a structured technology and a lived experience;

- shared challenges from warehouse management systems and how targeted dashboards created meaningful change;

- talked about scaling expertise, integrating Al to extend analysis and building solutions that stick - because the people who use them were part of the process from day one.

It all happened in a room filled with openness, honesty and energy. A community of smart, experienced, and open-minded women – gathered to learn, share and give back – even with newborns. If that's not commitment, what is?)

A heartfelt thank-you to Phiwi Ntsada, MBA, Yasaman Esmaeilian for organizing the event, and to Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin for hosting us in such a thoughtful space. When you bring the right people together – anything can transform.

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