A panel discussion exploring how AI is really affecting engineering teams today, from tool adoption and team confidence to testing, leadership, and the risk of over-relying on automation.

On the 15th of January 2026 myself and Ujjwal Kumar Singh joined a call and pressed record. We were curious to see what would happen. A few weeks later I’d done the same with Neil Taylor and Clare ...

Comparing resources whilst designing our Motacon Engineering Management workshop

I have been thinking about this topic recently. Most teams I've worked with follow Definition of Ready(DoR) and Definition of Done(DoD). DoR helps reduce rework and acts as a checklist before the w...

A collection of what I snapped on the day of Leading With AI.I turned them into a Gif with a Claude Gif Maker Skill.

Meeting people in person feels different whom we talk online, share ideas and thoughts. It was a great catch up with Diana, Nat, Parveen and Madhuri!!See you all at MotaCon 2026!

This is what happens when every camera is ready to click pictures. Some fun clicks at MoT London with Parveen and Nat where Parveen is trying to understand what's happeing :) 

Meeting my fellow panelists and chapter leads for the first time was a wonderful experience. The whole day reminded me how much I love this community and how important it is to meet and stay connec...

I loved the panel discussion the most. Engineering leaders from different organisation shared their views about AI and to to what extent it may lead the Quality

Definition: Communicating with and influencing more senior people in an organisation, including reporting back how the team is responding to decisions and initiatives.So what? Leaders can only act on what they can see. Reporting the patterns and reactions a manager observes helps senior people make more informed decisions and change course when needed.Example: Sharing a leadership initiative with the team, gauging their reaction, and relaying that feedback to leadership so they understand its impact.

Definition: Leading an engineering team by bringing together people, processes, and tools, while advocating quality engineering principles to the wider organisation and acting as a two way channel between the team and leadership.So what? In a quality engineering context, the role combines people leadership with the quality engineer's mindset: empowering and protecting the team, managing what information flows in each direction, and feeding back to leadership how decisions are landing.Example: Deciding whether an update is shared as a group announcement or handled one to one, depending on how sensitive or disruptive it is likely to be.

What if strategic thinking is mostly subtraction?