Simon Tomes | Activities
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Leading with Quality 🖖
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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
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Story telling workshop through lego
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Story telling workshop through lego
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"Such a happy Bug supporting the tea in that mug. 😃
(just hand-wash only as a dishwasher switches Bug into melting mode)"
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We all get swag sometimes that ends up in the Drawer of Forgotten Items, but not this time!Happily drinking tea from my bug cup that sits on my MoTaCon coaster and grabbing a pen from my Motaverse ...
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When you receive swag you can actually use...
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When you receive swag you can actually use...
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My lego build during Stu’s workshop on storytelling represents diverse measures that together help achieve quality.The measures could be anything really: a process, a type of testing, a pipeline, …...
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Diverse measures achieving quality
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Diverse measures achieving quality
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Diverse measures achieving quality
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A quality (or testing) pyramid. Ok not the prettiest Lego but I find the pyramid still a great metaphor for many work challenges.
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Quality storytelling through Lego
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Quality storytelling through Lego
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Quality storytelling through Lego
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Just finished Stu Day's session about using storytelling to have conversations about quality.It was not just enlightening, but also very fun!In the picture you can see my Lego representation ...
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Always remember: quality needs understanding
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Always remember: quality needs understanding
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Always remember: quality needs understanding
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The Leading with Quality conference didn’t just start, it was launched by Simon and Rosie, and after that Stu Day made sure we all strapped in properly. His workshop on Storytelling wasn’t yo...
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Opening the Leading with Quality conference like a prologue to a blockbuster
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Opening the Leading with Quality conference like a prologue to a blockbuster
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Opening the Leading with Quality conference like a prologue to a blockbuster
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I like to represent quality as being built upon 3 pillars; value, excellence and correctness. However in this LEGO representation they aren't built in the most stable manner meaning that quality co...
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Quality Pillars in LEGO at LwQ
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Quality Pillars in LEGO at LwQ
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Quality Pillars in LEGO at LwQ
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Just finished Stu Day's excellent session on storytelling, and as you can clearly see from my amazing lego building skills, I imagined quality as a cooking on top of a fire. It requires thought, it...
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Quality is like a cooking fire
awarded Heleen Van Grootven for:
Quality is like a cooking fire
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Turn an idea into something tangible... With lego! Thanks, Stu, for bringing legos to the workshop and wake up our creative brains!
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The Quality Mobile
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The Quality Mobile
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The Quality Mobile
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Our chance to play with Lego legitimately for a workshop!Presenting my Lego portal to another dimension where Quality is understood.My product owner wanted some garnish on the build hence the littl...
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Story telling workshop
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Story telling workshop
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A great start to today's Leading with Quality sessions. Fun and engaging.
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Stu tells a good story...
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Stu tells a good story...
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In Stu Day‘s story telling workshop we‘re using Lego build something that represents quality.
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Lego build representing quality
awarded Christian Baumann for:
Lego build representing quality
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Lego build representing quality
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Storytelling and Lego building to start the day.
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My lego quality moment
awarded Paul Reinheimer for:
My lego quality moment
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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