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Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
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I am Open to Write, Teach, Speak, Meet at MoTaCon 2026, Podcasting, Review Conference Proposals
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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12.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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This Week in Quality
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6.9.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Friday, 20 February 2026 TWIQ Nadja was quite rightly complementing Ady on his singing skills. Let it be known that Nadja can kick out a tune too at an impromptu MoTacon Karaoke! Alas I don't have ...
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MoTacon Singers
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MoTacon Singers
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Always good to hear Barry Ehigiator and Stu Day have a chat about anything (!) and this case I heard them chat about reporting in a quality engineering context.Barry used the term "Risk Advisers" w...
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Risk advisers tell good stories about risks
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Risk advisers tell good stories about risks
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Risk advisers tell good stories about risks
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Risk advisers tell good stories about risks
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Today I had the joy of meeting MOT Ambassador Rahul Parwal and his family in the very same city where I grew up. It felt incredibly special to reconnect here, in a place that holds so many memories...
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Promise served :) met the moT ambassador in the pink city, Jaipur, India !
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Promise served :) met the moT ambassador in the pink city, Jaipur, India !
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Promise served :) met the moT ambassador in the pink city, Jaipur, India !
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AI Risk Profiles: A Standards Proposal for Pre-deployment AI Risk Disclosures
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Learn all about 'Would Heu-risk It!' and the power of heuristics with Lena
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Would Heu-risk It?
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Would Heu-risk It?
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This badge is awarded to members who complete the Improving your testing through operability course.
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Lesson 13 of Improving Your Testing Through Operability
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Lesson 5 of Improving Your Testing Through Operability
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