Gary Hawkes | Activities
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Stop treating quality as a final gate and start using these practical, field-tested rituals to bake reliability into your product from the very first idea.
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I messaged Lisa Crispin and Eamon Droko the other day. I am beyond excited that they are running a workshop together at MoTaCon. It's gonna be a good one, "Testing as a Party: Inclusive ensemble te...
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Book author and big fan reader to meet for the first time at MoTaCon '26
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Book author and big fan reader to meet for the first time at MoTaCon '26
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Book author and big fan reader to meet for the first time at MoTaCon '26
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Book author and big fan reader to meet for the first time at MoTaCon '26
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Book author and big fan reader to meet for the first time at MoTaCon '26
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AOREN is a five-part framework for planning any presentation, meeting, or stakeholder engagement:
Audience - who is in the room and what do they care about?
Objective - know what the attendees w...
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AOREN is a five-part framework for talks, meetings and presentations
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AOREN is a five-part framework for talks, meetings and presentations
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One reason why I love being in tech is the challenge of learning something new. And, sometimes, the thing that scares me is the prospect of learning the new thing. Asking for help can be a powerful...
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All it takes are a few words
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All it takes are a few words
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Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago
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Big spike or small hike
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We are super excited to announce another duo of beautiful human beings at MoTaCon: Lisa Crispin and Eamon Droko 🫶Lisa and Eamon will be facilitating a workshop where they'll show that testing...
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🖖 Testing as a Party: Inclusive ensemble testing for the whole team
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🖖 Testing as a Party: Inclusive ensemble testing for the whole team
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🖖 Testing as a Party: Inclusive ensemble testing for the whole team
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🖖 Testing as a Party: Inclusive ensemble testing for the whole team
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"Loved this Dara, thanks for sharing. We don't work that much with Feature Flags, but we've talked about it so this is really valuable insight. 🙏"
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Feature flags entered our workflow as a quality safeguard.
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Testing with feature flags: what we expected and what actually happened
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Testing with feature flags: what we expected and what actually happened
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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A tester’s guide to AI guardrails
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Identify, test and improve AI guardrails through a structured, scenario-based framework that addresses common implementation failures and attack patterns.
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Get ready to smile and bring joy to how you build your products!Clare Norman will explore the transition from purely functional software to products that spark genuine joy. Drawing inspiration from...
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🖖 Make it joyful: How to build products that make people smile
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🖖 Make it joyful: How to build products that make people smile
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🖖 Make it joyful: How to build products that make people smile
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Recently, I had the great pleasure of doing a Call for Insights with Simon Tomes, where I got to talk about having ADHD and some of the ways I was able to structure my work around my brain. Here's...
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Stop shaming yourself into doing more—it won't work
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Stop shaming yourself into doing more—it won't work
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"As you coach engineers through with quality assistance model, are there any milestones you need to hit to raise the bar on the wider team taking more responsibility for quality?"
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Color Memory Game
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We are thrilled to announce that the powerhouse team of Gwen Diagram and Veerle Verhagen will be your hosts for MoTaCon! Why are we so excited? Because some partnerships are just meant to be.They f...
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The ultimate hosting duo returns!
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The ultimate hosting duo returns!
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The ultimate hosting duo returns!
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The ultimate hosting duo returns!
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With MoTacon around the corner, there is no better time to get your pro membership. You'll not only get registered for MoTacon. You'll get connected to a community of people who are ready to suppor...
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Ready to Go PRO
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Ready to Go PRO
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Bugnetism
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Definitions of Bugnetism
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This Week in Quality
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Joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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Gary Hawkes
Head of Engineering
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Head of Engineering who came from QE. Admirer of all humans (with a special affinity for testers). I love to bring out the best in people and help them grow. I have a very tactical view of delivery and love working to find the sweet spot so that processes are a balance between effort and value. Music nut.
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