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Ady Stokes
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STEC and SQEC Certified. MoT Ambassador, writer, speaker, accessibility advocate. Consulting, Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator. Testing wisdom, friendly, songs and poems. Great minds think differently
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Wins and grins
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No more Big Test Theory
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Wins and grins
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These wins in quality: Grins, Gary and going for it - Ep 142
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Wins and grins
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Wins and grins
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We love a good TWiQ episode that celebrates the wins. And in today's episode we did just that. So here goes, we celebrated the following wins...
Diana Dromey ran her first ever 10k, goin...
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These wins in quality: Grins, Gary and going for it - Ep 142
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A celebratory 'wins' episode full of community milestones, personal breakthroughs, bug catches, career confidence, and the many small moments that keep the MoTaverse moving.
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Default thinking
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Definitions of Default thinking
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The anatomy of a Three Amigos Requirements Discovery workshop
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The anatomy of a Three Amigos Requirements Discovery workshop
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What an AI-Enabled Engineering Organisation Looks Like When It Is Working
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What an AI-Enabled Engineering Organisation Looks Like When It Is Working
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How Do We Differentiate Between Being Disabled and Our Insufficient Abilities?
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How Do We Differentiate Between Being Disabled and Our Insufficient Abilities?
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The accessibility guy blog
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What the duck?
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Thanks for joining the stage during a wins week TWiQ. 🤩
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What the duck?
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What the duck?
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What the duck?
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Couldn’t resist these socksÂ
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Discussion on Critical Thinking
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Discussion: Critical Thinking
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Discussion: Critical Thinking
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Discussion: Critical Thinking
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Discussion: Critical Thinking
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Discussion: Critical Thinking
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This Week in Quality
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1.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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8.6.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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