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Gary Hawkes
QA Lead
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Software QA Lead and tester who loves to see people grow, processes continuously improve and help organisations understand and support Quality Engineering
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It's been 1.5 years being part of MoT. I was part of MoT meet-ups, social gathering and events like TestBash and MotaCon. The more we explore, the more we see and understand. That's where the curio...
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MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering
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MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering
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MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering
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4.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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4.1.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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4.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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4.1.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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6 leadership mistakes that made me a better leader
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6 leadership mistakes that made me a better leader
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My goal for 2026 is to become a better version of myself.
Self-reflection:
Looking at who I was yesterday and asking myself what one thing I can do today to be better - with patience and consis...
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2026 Goal - Self Reflection
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2026 Goal - Self Reflection
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Neil Taylor and I wondered if most folks really care if something has been created with AI. We also explored the impact AI has an on job security.
Neil made such a good point about the importanc...
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The impact of AI on job security
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The impact of AI on job security
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The impact of AI on job security
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My 2026 goal is to contribute meaningfully to the global quality community by sharing my quality engineering experience, learning from diverse practitioners, and improving how quality is practiced ...
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Expanding the Reach of Quality
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Expanding the Reach of Quality
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Engineering Quality Podcast, episode on Holistic Testing
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4.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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4.1.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Cassandra H. Leung shares the following in Module 4, Lesson 4 of the Software Quality Engineering Certificate (SQEC).
"One thing that people can start doing straight away is to talk about qualit...
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What's one thing you do to support a stronger quality culture?
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What's one thing you do to support a stronger quality culture?
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What's one thing you do to support a stronger quality culture?
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What's one thing you do to support a stronger quality culture?
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What's one thing you do to support a stronger quality culture?
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What's one thing you do to support a stronger quality culture?
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What's one thing you do to support a stronger quality culture?
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The end of 2025 was emotionally one of the hardest periods for me since 2022. Living in a world full of political changes while war is happening in your own country is not easy. Blackouts, massive ...
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My 2026 Goals ✨
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My 2026 Goals ✨
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4.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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4.1.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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This badge is awarded to members who contribute content towards a Ministry of Testing certification.
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If 2025 was my year of rebuilding, reconnecting, and rediscovering momentum, then 2026 feels like the year where everything accelerates at once. Not in a chaotic way, but more like a well‑timed mon...
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2026: A Year of Stages, Stories, and Side‑Quests
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2026: A Year of Stages, Stories, and Side‑Quests
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For the last five years every year i would sit down and write a list of goals and resolutions that i would like to achieve , and then nothing truly ever change ... This realization hits me every la...
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Showing up - 2026
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Showing up - 2026
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I joined an interesting webinar with Stu Day and Ash Gawthorp (CTO, Co-Founder of Ten10):
Leading Through the AI Revolution: Considerations for Integrating AI into Your Business DNA.
The dis...
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What do your AI guardrails look like?
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What do your AI guardrails look like?
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What do your AI guardrails look like?
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What do your AI guardrails look like?
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In 2026 I'd like to build consistency into my community-member focused blog writing habit and benefit from the good feeling of getting stuff out of my head and onto digital paper.
In 2026 I'd li...
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