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Former chef turned software testing expert Kat Obring brings 20 years of experience from Disney, Anaplan, and Accenture. She offers quality leadership coaching and training courses.
I noticed Kat Obring talking about the lack of leadership roles. I love to see it. It's a big reason why we have our Leading with Quality conversations, event and community efforts around it.

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I noticed Kat Obring talking about the lack of leadership roles. I love to see it. It's a big reason why we have our Leading with Quality conversations, event and community efforts around it. In...
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories/quality-leadership-roles-what-s-the-real-story" rel="noopener nofollow">Quality Leadership Roles — what's the real story?</a> image
Quality Leadership Roles — what's the real story?
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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I noticed Kat Obring talking about the lack of leadership roles. I love to see it. It's a big reason why we have our Leading with Quality conversations, event and community efforts around it.

In... image
I noticed Kat Obring talking about the lack of leadership roles. I love to see it. It's a big reason why we have our Leading with Quality conversations, event and community efforts around it. In...
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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Learn how to influence, advocate, and create change when you’re struggling to get buy-in image
Learn how to influence, advocate, and create change when you’re struggling to get buy-in
Good times were had.

Here with Gwen Diagram, Kat Obring, Emily O'Connor and Ady Stokes. image
Good times were had. Here with Gwen Diagram, Kat Obring, Emily O'Connor and Ady Stokes.
The golden age of quality is here. Plus, highlights of the previous week in the MoTaverse. image
The golden age of quality is here. Plus, highlights of the previous week in the MoTaverse.
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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This badge is awarded to members who share their insights on Leading with Quality. image
This badge is awarded to members who share their insights on Leading with Quality.
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/talks/kat-obring-scaling-change-one-iteration-at-a-time" rel="noopener nofollow">Kat Obring: Scaling change, one iteration at a time</a> image
Kat Obring: Scaling change, one iteration at a time
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
contributed:
Learn how to influence, advocate, and create change when you’re struggling to get buy-in image
Learn how to influence, advocate, and create change when you’re struggling to get buy-in
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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This badge is awarded to members who confirm their tickets to TestBash Brighton 2025 image
This badge is awarded to members who confirm their tickets to TestBash Brighton 2025
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories/post-testbash-meetup-at-ohso-social" rel="noopener nofollow">Post TestBash Meetup at Ohso Social</a> image
Post TestBash Meetup at Ohso Social
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
contributed:
Good times were had.

Here with Gwen Diagram, Kat Obring, Emily O'Connor and Ady Stokes. image
Good times were had. Here with Gwen Diagram, Kat Obring, Emily O'Connor and Ady Stokes.
You've heard the cliché, it's not what you know, it's who you know. When people see you as a leader and look to you for answers, you can't know everything. Invest time in building relationships not... image
You've heard the cliché, it's not what you know, it's who you know. When people see you as a leader and look to you for answers, you can't know everything. Invest time in building relationships not...
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
earned:
<div>Thanks for accepting the "Share one leadership idea that you practice" challenge. Grateful for your post: <a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories/leadership-isn-t-about-having-the-smartest-answers" rel="noopener nofollow">Leadership isn’t about having the smartest answers</a>.</div> image
Thanks for accepting the "Share one leadership idea that you practice" challenge. Grateful for your post: Leadership isn’t about having the smartest answers.
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories/leadership-isn-t-about-having-the-smartest-answers" rel="noopener nofollow">Leadership isn’t about having the smartest answers. </a> image
Leadership isn’t about having the smartest answers.
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
contributed:
When you shift from “Here’s what I think we should do” to “What would change if we understood why this keeps happening?”, you stop being the tester with opinions and start being the person who unlo... image
When you shift from “Here’s what I think we should do” to “What would change if we understood why this keeps happening?”, you stop being the tester with opinions and start being the person who unlo...
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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<div>Thank you for going above and beyond in May 2025. Team MoT appreciates how you consistently support, develop, and grow our community. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.</div> image
Thank you for going above and beyond in May 2025. Team MoT appreciates how you consistently support, develop, and grow our community. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/p/kato" rel="noopener nofollow">Was a professional member in 2025</a> image
Was a professional member in 2025
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/testing-trends/12-things-we-learned-when-we-questioned-the-existence-of-test-case-management" rel="noopener nofollow">12 things we learned when we questioned the existence of test case management</a> image
12 things we learned when we questioned the existence of test case management
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
contributed:
Is the future of test case management at risk? Let's go exploring. image
Is the future of test case management at risk? Let's go exploring.
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
earned:
<div>Your memory was featured on the homepage of the MoTaverse.</div> image
Your memory was featured on the homepage of the MoTaverse.
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
earned:
<div>Thanks for accepting my community challenge 😊</div> image
Thanks for accepting my community challenge 😊
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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This badge is awarded to members who share a photo memory from the community. image
This badge is awarded to members who share a photo memory from the community.
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories/how-to-go-from-being-a-gatekeeper-to-being-a-quality-coach" rel="noopener nofollow">How to go from being a gatekeeper to being a quality coach</a> image
How to go from being a gatekeeper to being a quality coach
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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At the Leeds Testing Atelier I spoke about how we, as testers, can go from being gatekeepers to being quality coaches. One of the practical suggestions was to facilitate a test planning workshop wi... image
At the Leeds Testing Atelier I spoke about how we, as testers, can go from being gatekeepers to being quality coaches. One of the practical suggestions was to facilitate a test planning workshop wi...
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/testing-trends/23-language-shifts-every-quality-engineer-can-adopt-today" rel="noopener nofollow">23 language shifts every quality engineer can adopt today</a> image
23 language shifts every quality engineer can adopt today
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
earned:
<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/the-testing-planet-sessions/cosmic-conversation-the-possibilities-of-quality-coaching" rel="noopener nofollow">Cosmic conversation: the possibilities of Quality Coaching</a> image
Cosmic conversation: the possibilities of Quality Coaching
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
earned:
<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/the-testing-planet-sessions/continuous-quality-the-testing-planet-news-episode-07" rel="noopener nofollow">Continuous Quality - The Testing Planet News - Episode 07</a> image
Continuous Quality - The Testing Planet News - Episode 07
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
earned:
<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/testbash-sessions/debugging-the-mind-teaching-developers-to-think-like-testers" rel="noopener nofollow">Debugging the Mind: Teaching Developers to Think Like Testers</a> image
Debugging the Mind: Teaching Developers to Think Like Testers
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/the-testing-planet-sessions/the-hobbit-s-guide-to-testing-tools-small-steps-to-a-powerful-choice" rel="noopener nofollow">The Hobbit's Guide to Testing Tools - Small Steps to a Powerful Choice</a> image
The Hobbit's Guide to Testing Tools - Small Steps to a Powerful Choice
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
earned:
<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories/where-s-bug-and-cosmo-no-28" rel="noopener nofollow">Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 28</a> image
Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 28
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
contributed:
Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull? image
Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
earned:
<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories/that-just-finished-a-talk-feeling" rel="noopener nofollow">That just-finished-a-talk feeling</a> image
That just-finished-a-talk feeling
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories/from-gatekeepers-to-quality-coaches" rel="noopener nofollow">From Gatekeepers to Quality Coaches</a> image
From Gatekeepers to Quality Coaches
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories/the-metrics-we-suffer" rel="noopener nofollow">The metrics we suffer</a> image
The metrics we suffer
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories/the-final-social-meetup-after-testbash" rel="noopener nofollow">The final social meetup after TestBash</a> image
The final social meetup after TestBash
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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Snapped just after Kat Obring finished her talk at Leeds Testing Atelier, one of the most packed sessions of the day, with people standing at the back to hear her speak.

Kat is pictured here wit... image
Snapped just after Kat Obring finished her talk at Leeds Testing Atelier, one of the most packed sessions of the day, with people standing at the back to hear her speak. Kat is pictured here wit...
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
contributed:
Kat Obring’s talk at Leeds Testing Atelier explored how QA roles can evolve from blockers at the end of a pipeline to enablers of quality throughout it.

Kat shared practical ways testers can shi... image
Kat Obring’s talk at Leeds Testing Atelier explored how QA roles can evolve from blockers at the end of a pipeline to enablers of quality throughout it. Kat shared practical ways testers can shi...
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
contributed:
Most teams don’t suffer from a lack of metrics, they suffer from the wrong ones.

I’ve seen dashboards full of numbers that no one looks at, and reports that generate more questions than clarity.... image
Most teams don’t suffer from a lack of metrics, they suffer from the wrong ones. I’ve seen dashboards full of numbers that no one looks at, and reports that generate more questions than clarity....
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
earned:
<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/software-testing-glossary/greenfield-project" rel="noopener nofollow">Greenfield project</a> image
Greenfield project
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memes/i-live-here-now" rel="noopener nofollow">I live here now. </a> image
I live here now.
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
contributed:
A computer, and through it's screen we see a bug on a sofa, comfy with a drink in it's hand. 
Above text reads: 
I asked the bug what it was doing there. 
It said "I live here now".  image
A computer, and through it's screen we see a bug on a sofa, comfy with a drink in it's hand. Above text reads: I asked the bug what it was doing there. It said "I live here now".
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
earned:
<a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memes/tech-debt" rel="noopener nofollow">Tech Debt</a> image
Tech Debt
Kat Obring
Kat Obring
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The words we use every day matter, let's tweak them! image
The words we use every day matter, let's tweak them!
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