Meet the people leading the Leading with Quality day!

On Wednesday, the 30th of September, people will come together in Brighton for a day of honest conversations about what it means to lead with quality right now. The event is sold out, but you can join the waiting list. 

Here is what the day holds: 

Stu Day opens by asking a question that quietly bothers a lot of quality people: what if the problem is not that others don't care about quality, but that we have not found the right way to talk about it yet? His session uses storytelling and hands-on exercises to help attendees find language that lands with engineers, product managers, and leaders alike. You will leave with at least one real story ready to use. 

Megan Ozanne follows with something practical she built out of necessity. When she joined a new company in 2025 and could not get alignment on an automation-first approach, she stopped arguing and started mapping. She will share how a maturity model, paired with a perspectives framework, got a whole team into a room and talking honestly about where they were and what they needed to move forward. 

After lunch, Jesper Ottosen takes on a question that comes up a lot in the MoTaverse but rarely gets answered directly: what is next for someone who has outgrown their initial quality role? His answer explores the staff-level individual contributor path, and the mindset shift that comes with moving from deep technical expertise to influencing how organisations are designed for value. 

Barry Ehigiator then looks at what happens when Quality Engineering goes wrong, not because the idea is flawed, but because the system underneath does not change. If roles are renamed but accountability stays siloed, and automation grows while collaboration lags, something has been missed. Barry offers a practical lens for spotting the difference between real transformation and rebranding. 

Paul Reinheimer closes the day with a talk that sits in quieter territory. Not the obvious ethical failures, but the smaller compromises made under pressure to ship, to grow, to hit a number. As quality people, he argues, we are often the first to see these choices being made. His session does not offer a checklist, but it does offer clarity. 

The day ends with Simon Tomes and Rosie Sherry holding space for reflection, bringing the threads of the day together. 

Leading with Quality takes place the day before MoTaCon, making it a natural start to what promises to be a memorable few days for the quality community. 

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