Simon Tomes | Activities
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"And all that prep paid off! đ„đŠđ„"
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Stu Day talks about storytelling at Leading with Quality 2026 and let us play - I mean built a representation of quality - with Lego.Â
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Is it a proper workshop without some lego?
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Is it a proper workshop without some lego?
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Is it a proper workshop without some lego?
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@studay broke out the Lego, give the man a star!The picture is my view on quality. Quality of design? Maybe not Quality of build? It was certainly "good enough". Where I judged quality was the abil...
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Quality....?
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Quality....?
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Quality....?
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Anything is a lesson: why continuous curiosity matters
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Anything is a lesson: why continuous curiosity matters
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"Good luck, Helen.
You've got a brilliant accountability buddy with Philippa."
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"You got this, Komal! đȘđ»"
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Move from Test Strategy to Quality engineering Strategy.....As an experienced QA I should be able to walk into a product and answer.... Understand where are our biggest quality risks? What signals ...
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What is next for the experienced quality roles
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What is next for the experienced quality roles
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What is next for the experienced quality roles
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What is next for the experienced quality roles
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As quality engineers, we need to be careful about creating more work. If there is a need for speed and our work is slowing things down, are we really doing our jobs properly?
how can we find the b...
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The need for speed
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The need for speed
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The need for speed
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The need for speed
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What Can be better than Lego to begin with?
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Great start
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Great start
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jespers workshop encouraged us to think about where we want to be in 6 months time and I need to catch up with Phillipa to talk about how it's all gone
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Where do I see myself on 6 months
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Where do I see myself on 6 months
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Jesper Ottosen challenged Leading With Quality participants to set goals for 2027. Here are those who made them public. Find ways to support, encourage and help them.
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This is something Iâd realised a couple of years ago, reassuring to be reminders during Jesperâs talk on âqualityâ roles, at Leading with Quality.
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âMindset not Ladderâ
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âMindset not Ladderâ
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âMindset not Ladderâ
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There's something Jesper shared at the top of his Leading With Quality session.  "I'm unlearning to remind people to do things."Jesper said this in reference to his kids getting older and...
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I'm unlearning to remind people to do things
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I'm unlearning to remind people to do things
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For me quality is solid and well structured and allows people to spend time in it as well as looking at it and understanding how it makes you feel!
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Telling a Story of Quality With Lego
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Telling a Story of Quality With Lego
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"As Seth Godin once said, "Systems donât start out selfish, but resilient ones often end up that way."
So I guess we can't blame a system for trying to protect itself. Yet I like how you've framed the importance of zooming out. This gives us the chanc..."
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Quality problems are rarely just people problems. Theyâre often system problems.One takeaway from Megan's session that really stayed with me: when something repeatedly goes wrong, zoom out.In...
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Quality problems are rarely just people problems. Theyâre often system problems.
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Quality problems are rarely just people problems. Theyâre often system problems.
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Quality problems are rarely just people problems. Theyâre often system problems.
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"Let's mature this conversation" was an amazing session. The 'people-systems-process' framework is amazing for maturity conversations.The sentences that stayed with me the most are "shift blame to ...
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Shift from blame to curiosity
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Shift from blame to curiosity
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Shift from blame to curiosity
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After a very successful day at MoTaCon, Bug could not contain they're happiness!Did Bug gain wings? Did the riding star gained power, or did Bug magically developed human legs? đ€In my opinion, Bug ...
Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
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Hello, I'm Simon. Since 2003 I've had various roles in testing, tech leadership and coaching. I believe in the power of collaboration, creativity and community. đ MoT-STEC qualified. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.
âThanks for making me feel so confident about myself.â | âI'm so grateful for all you do in the MoTaverse community, I learn so much as a result!â | âA simple chat with Simon in person absolutely changed everything.â | âSimon is one of the best people that I've ever met to have conversations with. He's so grounded in his way of thinking and articulates his thoughts so well and his feelings and his knowledge about community and everything.â
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