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.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 57 episodes
- #56 Operationalising strategy: Connecting plans, people and progress · 16 minIn this episode, Dr Selena Fisk explores why strategic plans, annual improvement plans, team improvement plans, and individual professional learning goals need to be clearly…
- #55 How curious leaders build a better data culture · 15 minWhat role does curiosity play in building a truly data-informed culture? In this episode of Make Data Talk, Dr Selena Fisk explores why curiosity is one of the most important—and…
- #54 Being a learning organisation means more than good intentions · 11 minIn 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…
- #53 Why outcome and hindsight bias undermine your impact story · 10 minIn 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…
- #52 Why we need to separate decision quality from outcomes · 11 minIn 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…
- #51 The leadership team sport behind data-informed culture · 16 minIn 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…
- #50 Stop letting Excel choose your charts for you · 11 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…
- #49 What if you have an epic data story but you're worried people in the meeting won't get it? · 16 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…
- #48 Your data strategy and data plan are two different things - get both! · 11 minIn 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…
- #47 Your data dashboard IS NOT a data story · 11 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…
- #46 Data literacy has very little to do with maths ability · 12 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…
- #45 You don't have a data problem - you have a confidence or skills problem · 10 minMany 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…
- #44 What data people can learn from yogis · 15 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…
- #43 Discovery visuals - the creative process BEFORE you show your charts to others · 10 minDo 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…
- #42 The eight archetypes of the 3i impact model · 18 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…
- #41 3i impact model · 13 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…
- #40 Dashboards are not the answer to your problems · 12 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…
- #39 The ethical use of data · 13 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…
- #38 'Key person risk' and data · 12 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…
- #37 Think like a bronze medallist with your data · 10 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…
