Simon Tomes | Activities
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Good people reflect on good times at MoTaCon festival week
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Thank you for co-hosting TWiQ. 🤩
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Glad you joined the stage during TWiQ. Thanks for participating.
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Glad you joined the stage during TWiQ. Thanks for participating.
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Glad you joined the stage during TWiQ. Thanks for participating.
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Glad you joined the stage during TWiQ. Thanks for participating.
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Glad you joined the stage during TWiQ. Thanks for participating.
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"Cool to read this.
And, oh yeah, I think it's pulled in a Moment where I wrote:
"I'm glad that MoT is the antithesis of this see ya later learning approach. An approach that says "once your learning is complete, you are now on your own, bye!" Folks ..."
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I decided to take on Ady's AI challenge to ask about myself and the MoTaverse.https://www.ministryoftesting.com/moments/ask-ai-about-you-and-mot-challengeI do have to say I am still trying to work ...
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A prompt paints a thousand words
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A prompt paints a thousand words
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A prompt paints a thousand words
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A prompt paints a thousand words
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Good people reflect on good times at MoTaCon festival week
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Good people reflect on good times at MoTaCon festival week
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Good people reflect on good times at MoTaCon festival week
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Good people reflect on good times at MoTaCon festival week
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It's important to gather after something special like MoTaCon festival week. It's good to reflect and just to have a chat about things.I have no other key learnings to share. That is all.Good peopl...
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It's important to gather after something special like MoTaCon festival week. It's good to reflect and just to have a chat about things.I have no other key learnings to share. That is all.Good peopl...
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Key learnings from Leading With Quality 2026
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Joined Ethics Chapter chapter
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The Ethics Chapter of the MoTaverse is a space to connect, explore and learn together on the topic of Ethics.
Join us in the #chapter-ethics Slack channel, it's available to join for free. Or contribute resources to the Chapter by tagging Ethics Chapter into Moments or links.
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We reached capacity before the start of Rahul’s workshop. Apologies to those turned away.
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Full house for Context Engineering Workshop
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Full house for Context Engineering Workshop
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Full house for Context Engineering Workshop
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Leading with attention to event running details
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Leading with attention to event running details
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Shameless self-promotion :-)thisisevilpete.bandcamp.com
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Who's this guy?
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Who's this guy?
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"What an excellent reflection. Thanks for capturing this, Jesse.
How you've described it makes me think about how empathy, care and discernment is more important than ever, if teams are to grow with each other."
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Megan Ozanne's session reframed maturity models for me. Teams grow either by accident or by intention, and a maturity model is the support structure that steers growth in the right direction while ...
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Let's Mature This Conversation: Growth by Intention
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Let's Mature This Conversation: Growth by Intention
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Let's Mature This Conversation: Growth by Intention
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Let's Mature This Conversation: Growth by Intention
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
Let's Mature This Conversation: Growth by Intention
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Let's Mature This Conversation: Growth by Intention
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Let's Mature This Conversation: Growth by Intention
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Leading with Quality with some of the most passionate folks in the industry.
#MoTaCon Begins! Session: Let's Mature This Conversation by Meagan Ozzane
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Leading with Quality 🖖
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Leading with Quality 🖖
awarded Nadja Schulz for:
Leading with Quality 🖖
awarded Jesse Berkeley for:
Leading with Quality 🖖
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
Leading with Quality 🖖
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Leading with Quality 🖖
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A pretty stunning swimming pool I think you'll agree. Built with a strong structure, simple design and very clear benefits to the users. Thanks to Nadja for her additional creativity to make it spa...
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Story telling workshop through lego
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. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.
“Thanks for making me feel so confident about myself.” | “I'm so grateful for all you do in the MoTaverse community, I learn so much as a result!” | “A simple chat with Simon in person absolutely changed everything.” | “Simon 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.”
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