Simon Tomes | Activities
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And so MoTacon begins...
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The hosts are sparkling, a welcome start šš»
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Dressed for (test) success
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Dressed for (test) success
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Dressed for (test) success
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Dressed for (test) success
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Understand the strategic concepts required to tame the chaos of testing AI by understanding the behaviour of the beast.
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Testing the untestable: building a strategy for testing AI
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Testing the untestable: building a strategy for testing AI
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Justice Departmentās First-Ever Criminally Charged Super-Intelligence Assisted Music Streaming Fraud
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A prompt paints a thousand words
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Leading with attention to event running details
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A month in quality: Demos, MoTaCon and human connection
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A month in quality: Demos, MoTaCon and human connection
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: there goes the fear
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A month in quality: Demos, MoTaCon and human connection
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A month in quality: Demos, MoTaCon and human connection
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Leading with attention to event running details
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30/09/26, 7:35am. It's early morning and a few of us are prepping the room for the Leading With Quality day. We're working out how to use the amplifier in case we need to use the lectern microphone...
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But I'm not a developer: the quality route into head of engineering
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Edge case
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Joined Public Speaking chapter
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"Thanks for sharing this, Mitchell. Glad a certificate like ISTQB Foundation gave you a self-reflective boost and confidence in your existing capabilities. I like how you frame the best and worst case. Great way of looking at it.
For anyone reading, th..."
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I always believed any job could be learnt on the job.I recently passed the ISTQB Foundation Level exam with 85%, and I'm genuinely proud of it. At recent conferences (Agile Cambridge and MoTaCon) I...
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Is ISTQB Foundation worth anything?
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Is ISTQB Foundation worth anything?
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But I'm not a developer: the quality route into head of engineering
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Follow one quality leader's move from QE into head of engineering, and find the mission and principles that can guide you too.
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Contextual Practice
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Definitions of Contextual Practice
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Why not click a picture when we all coincidentally matched the same colour code?Ā
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Not plannedā¦ just a navy blue coincidence!
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Not plannedā¦ just a navy blue coincidence!
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Not plannedā¦ just a navy blue coincidence!
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Not plannedā¦ just a navy blue coincidence!
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ASOS links data breach to social engineering attack, credential theft
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I every much enjoyed recording an episode of Leading With Engineering Management. Thanks for sharing tonnes of reflections and advice.
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Finding joy in your role
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"Go for it, Luke. I look forward to reading your Moments/blog posts."
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My last workshop of the day and Melissa started and ended with gratitude (one of my favourite habits and an easy one to forget in the rush).The workshop flew by in the best way (much like the day),...
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Ended with a goal and gratitude
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Ended with a goal and gratitude
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Ended with a goal and gratitude
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A prompt paints a thousand words
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Myth: If we haven't got a problem, we don't need to change anythingFact: Identify risks and opportunities before problems occurĀ
Please excuse the poor quality photo, I was at the back of the ...
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QMS tip from Melissa Fisher
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QMS tip from Melissa Fisher
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. š MoT-STEC qualified. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.
āThanks for making me feel so confident about myself.ā | āI'm so grateful for all you do in the MoTaverse community, I learn so much as a result!ā | āA simple chat with Simon in person absolutely changed everything.ā | āSimon 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.ā
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