Jul 21, 202616 min
In this episode, Dr Selena Fisk explores why strategic plans, annual improvement plans, team improvement plans, and individual professional learning goals need to be clearly aligned if organisations want to make...
About this Podcast:
Are you finding data daunting? Are you in a job where there are heaps of numbers coming in, but you don't know what to do with them, let alone make them mean something? If so, it's time to make your data talk! Each week Data Storyteller Dr Selena Fisk will help you turn your spreadsheets into stories, as she teaches you important data ideas and skills which help you bring your data to life. Each episode is packed with real examples and insights from Selena's experience helping people like you - to build your confidence, to make data more accessible to you, and to do so in a way that is practical and more interesting than your year 9 maths textbook! Make data talk is your weekly dose of data literacy, data viz, and data storytelling ideas that help make data doable.
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What is Make Data Talk about?
Are you finding data daunting? Are you in a job where there are heaps of numbers coming in, but you don't know what to do with them, let alone make them mean something? If so, it's time to make your data talk!
Who hosts Make Data Talk?
Make Data Talk is hosted by Dr Selena Fisk. The show has published 57 episodes to date.
What has Make Data Talk covered recently?
Recent episodes include "#56 Operationalising strategy: Connecting plans, people and progress" (21 July 2026, 16 minutes), "#55 How curious leaders build a better data culture" (8 July 2026, 15 minutes), and "#54 Being a learning organisation means more than good intentions" (26 May 2026, 11 minutes).
How often does Make Data Talk publish?
Make Data Talk publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 12 minutes across 57 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Make Data Talk?
Booking probability for Make Data Talk is 41%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Make Data Talk requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Make Data Talk's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Make Data Talk?
The strongest fits for Make Data Talk are Business & Management Consulting. Make Data Talk has a business audience.
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Dr Selena Fisk hosts Make Data Talk, a business podcast with 57 episodes published.
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#55 How curious leaders build a better data culture
Jul 8, 202615 min*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto"...
- May 26, 202611 min
In this episode, Dr. Selena Fisk explores what it really means to be a learning organisation and challenges whether most teams are actually learning or simply saying the right things. Drawing on Harvard Business...
- May 20, 202610 min
In this episode, Dr. Selena Fisk explores why perceptions data is essential at the start of any change project. This episode examines how hindsight bias and outcomes bias distort post-change evaluation, and why leaders...
- Apr 28, 202611 min
In this week's episode, Dr Selena Fisk explores data-informed decision making , outcome bias , and hindsight bias , and explains why a disappointing results do not always mean the original decision was wrong. This...
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- Apr 14, 202616 min
In this episode, Dr. Selena Fisk explores data-informed culture and the leadership alignment required to make it stick. She breaks down why middle leaders and middle management can't carry data culture change alone, and...
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#50 Stop letting Excel choose your charts for you
Mar 31, 202611 minIn this episode of Make Data Talk , Dr. Selena Fisk breaks down why "recommended charts" and default visualisations often hide the real story in your data... and what to do instead. You'll learn how Microsoft Excel's...
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#49 What if you have an epic data story but you're worried people in the meeting won't get it?
Mar 17, 202616 minMost data storytelling advice focuses on the analysis: choosing the right data, selecting the best charts, and building compelling visuals. But in real organisations, the hardest part is often what happens after the...
- Mar 3, 202611 min
In this episode of Make Data Talk , Dr. Selena Fisk breaks down the critical difference between a data strategy and a data plan, and why confusing the two is quietly undermining data-informed decision making in many...
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#47 Your data dashboard IS NOT a data story
Feb 17, 202611 minMost dashboards look impressive. They're packed with metrics, trends, and filters, and yet they still leave people asking, "So what?" In this episode of Make Data Talk , Dr. Selena Fisk unpacks why a data dashboard is...
- Feb 3, 202612 min
"I'm not a numbers person" is one of the most common and most limiting beliefs holding people back from engaging with data. In this episode, Dr Selena Fisk challenges the widespread assumption that data literacy is...
- Jan 20, 202610 min
Many leaders believe their organisation has a data problem... not enough data, not the right dashboards, not the right systems. In this episode, I unpack why that's rarely the real issue. Instead, most organisations are...
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#44 What data people can learn from yogis
Dec 3, 202515 minEver wondered what data and yoga have in common? At first, they seem like two very different ideas, but dig a little deeper and you start to see there is much yoga can teach us about data. In this episode, Dr Selena...
- Aug 20, 202510 min
Do you brainstorm and plan out your data visualisations before you present them to others? In this episode, Dr Selena Fisk talks about the idea of discovery visuals, and the process for getting the best visualisation...
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#42 The eight archetypes of the 3i impact model
Aug 5, 202518 minWhen making change, it's useful to look at all the different impacts and categorise these so you can focus on what matters to you and your organisation. Last episode, Dr Selena FIsk introduced her new 3i Impact Model...
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#41 3i impact model
Jul 23, 202513 minDo you struggle with a tangible way to measure impact? We all strive to create an impact, but often it's difficult to truly measure the impact of a change, initiative or project we've put in place in a simple, yet...
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#40 Dashboards are not the answer to your problems
Apr 15, 202512 minApologies for the provocative title, but while dashboards are powerful visualisation tools, unfortunately they are not a silver bullet for all things data storytelling. In this episode, Dr Selena Fisk explains why...
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#39 The ethical use of data
Apr 8, 202513 minA question often encountered with data is the ethical considerations we need to be aware of when collecting, using and interpreting data. In this episode, Dr. Selena Fisk dives into actionable strategies for ethical...
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#38 'Key person risk' and data
Apr 1, 202512 minDo you have one or two people in your organisation who are responsible for many of the key operations when it comes to data? Have you considered what would happen if they were to leave or become unwell? In this episode...
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#37 Think like a bronze medallist with your data
Mar 25, 202510 minDo you find yourself looking at data and only seeing the things that went wrong or need to improve? In this week's Make Data Talk episode, I show you how to think like a bronze medallist when it comes data, so you can...
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