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Mr Stephen P Platten

Principal Consultant

I am an award winning (European Software Testing awards, TESTA) tester and QA, with a passion to the best version of myself:

"The best manager, tester, and coach I can be, to be "The Stoic Tester."

🎂 MoTaBirthday | February 12, 2022

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And the Ambassadors of the MoTaverse for 2026 are... 🥁

I'm super excited to anounce our 2026 Ambassadors!! Make sure to follow them on the MoTaverse. And the 2026 Ambassadors of the MoTaverse are........... - Ady Stokes - Ben Dowen - Cassandr...

11 Feb

I got my front row seat for Stephen's talk on stoicism and testing

Stephen did a talk called "Stoicism & Software Testing: Ancient Philosophy Meets Modern Methods" Earlier in the MoTaverse he did a 404 talk on the topic, which I enjoyed watching. I wanted t...

15 May

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Are your AI efforts good enough?

10 ideas to question your quality AI work.

10 Jul

Sessions (4)

Roundtable: AI Learnings and Demos

How do we know AI is doing a good enough job?

10 Jul

Shift Critical Thinking Left: Continuous Critical Thinking in the Test Lifecycle

Stephen Platten, The Stoic Tester, joins Rosie to unpack how Stoicism, critical thinking, and spotting logical fallacies help testers navigate AI slop and governance gaps.

8 Jul

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Roundtable: AI Learnings and Demos Really interesting discussion and learnt a lot from Natalia. Shift Critical Thinking Left: Continuous Critical Thinking in the Test Lifecycle Loved being a guest, thanks so much Rosie.

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From The Royal Air Force to Leading Quality with Stephen Platten (youtu.be)

08 Apr

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