Episode Summary
Welcome to Limitless B.I., a show that interviews real world, innovative business leaders who strive to see beyond the data to produce tangible results in their organizations using business intelligence. In this episode, Dr. Leslie Warden joins the show to talk about her unique role as an Egyptologist and the impact business intelligence has had on her archeological excavations. Leslie speaks to the vast data her and her colleague collect, document, and analyze every time they excavate a site. Finally, Leslie praises the business intelligence dashboard that has allowed her and her team to classify and input data seamlessly.
Highlights
00:59 – Introducing today’s guest, Leslie Warden
01:36 – The moment Leslie knew she wanted to become an Egyptologist
04:03 – Leslie speaks to some of the excavations she’s participated in
08:21 – A non-glamorized look at archeology
10:53 – The primary goal of archeologists
12:26 – How archeologists piece together the past from broken objects
15:32 – Collecting, documenting and analyzing data
18:57 – The incredibly vast amount of data that Leslie and her colleagues collect
20:39 – How business intelligence can help in the collection, classification, and analysis of this data
22:34 – Challenges Leslie has faced incorporating business intelligence into her excavations
30:18 – Modifying the business intelligence dashboard to include classification and input functions
33:32 – Other benefits Leslie has experienced with the dashboard
35:27 – Leslie speaks to the reaction other specialists have had to the dashboard
38:19 – Next steps for Leslie’s use of business intelligence in archaeology
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