6 months to ROI: what task mining really delivered
Wed Jan 28 2026
When you hear “productivity mining”, the first thought might be surveillance. But in practice, it’s much more about transparency and knowing what’s really going onin your teams.
In this episode, we speak with Elena Olichowska-Szydłowska,Automation Excellence Manager at Vesuvius, about what it actually took to roll out task mining across Shared Services.From dealing with IT security, to communicating clearly with teams, to getting managers to act on real data – this is the unfiltered version.
We discuss:
Why Vesuvius chose task mining over traditionalprocess mappingHow Elena’s team handled employeeconcerns about being monitoredWhat changed once leaders saw the workload dataHow the company reached break-even in 6 monthsWhat kind of findings led to better team balancingand workload reallocationThis is not a theoretical discussion – it’s a look into the operational and human aspects of rolling out task mining at scale.
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When you hear “productivity mining”, the first thought might be surveillance. But in practice, it’s much more about transparency and knowing what’s really going onin your teams. In this episode, we speak with Elena Olichowska-Szydłowska,Automation Excellence Manager at Vesuvius, about what it actually took to roll out task mining across Shared Services.From dealing with IT security, to communicating clearly with teams, to getting managers to act on real data – this is the unfiltered version. We discuss: Why Vesuvius chose task mining over traditionalprocess mappingHow Elena’s team handled employeeconcerns about being monitoredWhat changed once leaders saw the workload dataHow the company reached break-even in 6 monthsWhat kind of findings led to better team balancingand workload reallocationThis is not a theoretical discussion – it’s a look into the operational and human aspects of rolling out task mining at scale.