Clare Norman
Senior quality coach
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Passionate about making software better for humans. Fascinated by the psychology behind user interactions. On a mission to sprinkle more joy into our software.
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Clare Norman - The art of activating quality people
The curse of the live demo… and other testing superstitions - Ep 123 image
The curse of the live demo… and other testing superstitions - Ep 123
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The curse of the live demo… and other testing superstitions - Ep 123 image
Swap your team’s favourite quality superstitions, laugh at cursed demos and disappearing bugs, and turn “don’t deploy on Fridays” from folklore into smarter release habits.
I have to say Clare I found your LwQ talk with Rosie amazing. What you do is so impressive, I've said this in a priva... image
I have to say Clare I found your LwQ talk with Rosie amazing. What you do is so impressive, I've said this in a private collection of inspiring talks. Thanks so much 🙏
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Clare Norman - The art of activating quality people

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The curse of the live demo… and other testing superstitions - Ep 123 image
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  • Ady Stokes's profile image
  • Oleksandr Romanov's profile image
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Swap your team’s favourite quality superstitions, laugh at cursed demos and disappearing bugs, and turn “don’t deploy on Fridays” from folklore into smarter release habits.
The dev conference search is on image
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Clare Norman shares a goal: Bring quality coaching to at least one developer conference.
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Master the art of quality coaching by learning how to facilitate activation sessions that empower developers to own automation and identify wobbly code
Is AI the best friend quality professionals have been looking for? image
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Clare Norman and I explored what AI means for us quality professionals. Can't wait to see the outcome of what Clare reveals at the end!
Itchy feet: A year for exploration image
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I have itchy feet. That’s not a medical condition, it’s an idiom for describing how one might feel if they’ve been in the same place for too long. It conveys a strong almost restless desire to leav...
Measuring our value is difficult image
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Honest, helpful and insightful reflections from Clare Norman.
Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective? image
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Had an awesome call with Clare Norman, during which she shared a powerful reflection: Are we sharing our testing insights with the right audiences? Perhaps we need to make formal cohorts of qual...
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All things on working with our fellow humans
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A fizzy mind is when your thoughts bubble and spark like your favourite carbonated drink. You may feel that you are overflowing with energy and imagination. It often happens in the midst of lively conversation with peers, where each person’s perspective collides with another, igniting fresh insights. One idea fizzes into the next, cascading into a chain reaction of creativity until your mind feels carbonated, sparkling and joyfully alive with possibility.
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  • Ady Stokes's profile image
  • Aj Wilson's profile image
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Develop the mindset and practical coaching techniques that help teams build shared responsibility for continuous quality
Quality Coaching: Fizzy minds and quality problems - Ep 115 image
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Discover how Quality Coaching approaches help teams surface, understand and solve their quality problems
Supernova Showdown: The realities of Quality Coaching models image
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This debate explored the role of quality coaching, how it differs from quality engineering and where it is most effective
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