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While sitting here listening to Nataliia Burmei on the Into the MoTaverse podcast, Rosie asked for advice on how to build confidence. Nataliia's advice? "Do hard things. Do scary things." I got chi...
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In a recent conversation with Stuart day about some of the trickier points of testing and leadership, he offered the following advise:
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I may be on annual leave after travelling warp factor 5 to the planet rock and back again πΈπ€, but sitting on the train is the perfect time to catch up with that backlog of bookmarked MoT articles a...
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Transform your teamβs approach to quality from a late-stage gatekeeper process into a proactive, shared responsibility that identifies risks early.
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I heard this on a recent Call for Insights (with Simon Tomes and Louise Woodhams), and it made me chuckle.
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Transition from reactive quality assurance to proactive quality engineering by embedding shared responsibility throughout the entire development lifecycle
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Gary Hawkes
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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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