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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.

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Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Lead how they need: adopting a situational leadership style image
Turns out, effective leadership is less about particular style, and more about adapting to the situation.
I'm a big fan of Christine, hey Christine!  image
I'm a big fan of Christine, hey Christine!
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
I'm a big fan of Christine, hey Christine!  image
Is this now a ringtone?....can someone please remix this for the next MOT London lol I had similar thoughts to Aj Wilson, who commented on Christine Pinto's kind post about Rosie Sherry. https:...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Jesse Berkeley for:
Thanks for sharing an idea to enhance the navigation for glossary items. image
Thanks for sharing an idea to enhance the navigation for glossary items.
Share one leadership idea that you practice image
Share one leadership idea that you practice
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Share one leadership idea that you practice image
1. Visit https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories 2. Create a new memory and share one leadership idea that you practice 3. Upload a short 99 second video or write it, plus add an appropriate image. We'll spot it and add it to this collection.
Share one leadership idea that you practice: Tailor your message to your audience.  image
Share one leadership idea that you practice: Tailor your message to your audience.
Share one leadership idea that you practice: Tailor your message to your audience.  image
Share one leadership idea that you practice: Tailor your message to your audience.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Share one leadership idea that you practice: Tailor your message to your audience.  image
A video of a man speaking to a camera. He is wearing a black cap and black t-shirt. Both have the Ministry of Testing logo on them.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Share one leadership idea that you practice: Tailor your message to your audience.  image
A video of a man speaking to a camera. He is wearing a black cap and black t-shirt. Both have the Ministry of Testing logo on them.
It takes grit to put on a conference image
It takes grit to put on a conference
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
It takes grit to put on a conference image
Brighton 2024. TestBash. Diana, me and a few more of the MoT crew arrive super early at one of the stage doors at the Brighton Dome. Time for a load in! We knew it was gonna be a busy day. ...

Thanks for accepting Emily O'Connor's challenge. :) image
Thanks for accepting Emily O'Connor's challenge. :)
Fun facts about the origins of This Week in Testing image
Fun facts about the origins of This Week in Testing
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Five fun facts about the origins of This Week in Testing image
1. It started as an internal thought experiment: "I wonder how easy it would be to spin up a voice-only room where we could chat with each other at a similar time each week? How can we make it real...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Cassandra H. Leung for:
It's great to see how conversational and encouraging you are on this thread: What’s stopping you from making your wor... image
It's great to see how conversational and encouraging you are on this thread: What’s stopping you from making your work and achievements more visible? 
Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 29 image
Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 29
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 29 image
Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Preeti Gupta for:
Thank you for sharing kind words about TestBash, via a MoT glossary definition. image
Thank you for sharing kind words about TestBash, via a MoT glossary definition.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Andrew DeLisle for:
👋 Welcome, Andrew. Thanks for introducing yourself on the Q2 2025 Introductions thread on The Club.  image
👋 Welcome, Andrew. Thanks for introducing yourself on the Q2 2025 Introductions thread on The Club. 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Does quality leadership matter anymore? MoT Weekly – Issue 518 image
How do leaders set up a healthy environment and what does it mean for quality? Engage with quality engineering leaders and more to seek help, offer advice, and join events. Available in MoT Weekly.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Thank you for co-hosting Episode 91 of This Week in Testing.  image
Thank you for co-hosting Episode 91 of This Week in Testing. 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Oleksandr Romanov for:
Thank you for co-hosting Episode 91 of This Week in Testing.  image
Thank you for co-hosting Episode 91 of This Week in Testing. 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Gabbi Trotter for:
Thanks for sharing a job opportunity in the MoT Slack.  image
Thanks for sharing a job opportunity in the MoT Slack. 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ujjwal Kumar Singh for:
Thanks for sharing feedback about the MoT Chatbot search experience.  image
Thanks for sharing feedback about the MoT Chatbot search experience. 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Susanne Abdelrahman for:
Thank you for linking to the MoTaverse in your blog post: The Lone Tester: Surviving and Thriving as The First QA Hire  image
Thank you for linking to the MoTaverse in your blog post: The Lone Tester: Surviving and Thriving as The First QA Hire 
How do you test that something is AI generated? image
How do you test that something is AI generated?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
How do you test that something is AI generated? image
"There are hints. There are signatures. There are probabilities that are unique to this set of data. The same thing goes for something like ChatGPT. For the different GPT variants, they have statis...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ujjwal Kumar Singh for:
Thanks for sharing your feedback about the "subscribe to the newsletter" box.  image
Thanks for sharing your feedback about the "subscribe to the newsletter" box. 
Testers like to talk Ep 89 image
Testers like to talk Ep 89
23 language shifts every quality engineer can adopt today image
23 language shifts every quality engineer can adopt today
But how are we gonna test this? Ep 88 image
But how are we gonna test this? Ep 88
Breaking news about breaking news Ep 87 image
Breaking news about breaking news Ep 87
Do new testers really need to learn automation? Ep 86 image
Do new testers really need to learn automation? Ep 86
Exploring Quality Coaching - The Testing Planet News - Episode 10 image
Exploring Quality Coaching - The Testing Planet News - Episode 10
Does the happy path make us happy? Ep. 84 image
Does the happy path make us happy? Ep. 84
Where have all the junior quality roles gone? - Ep 83 image
Where have all the junior quality roles gone? - Ep 83
Exploring Systems Thinking - The Testing Planet News - Episode 09 image
Exploring Systems Thinking - The Testing Planet News - Episode 09
Exploring Quality Engineering - The Testing Planet News - Episode 08 image
Exploring Quality Engineering - The Testing Planet News - Episode 08
This Week in Testing - Episode 67 - 8 November, 2024 image
This Week in Testing - Episode 67 - 8 November, 2024
This Week in Testing - Episode 66 - 1 November, 2024 image
This Week in Testing - Episode 66 - 1 November, 2024
This Week in Testing - Episode 65 - 25 October, 2024 image
This Week in Testing - Episode 65 - 25 October, 2024
Continuous Quality - The Testing Planet News - Episode 07 image
Continuous Quality - The Testing Planet News - Episode 07
This Week in Testing - Episode 61 - 27 September, 2024 image
This Week in Testing - Episode 61 - 27 September, 2024
This Week in Testing - Episode 60 - 20 September, 2024 image
This Week in Testing - Episode 60 - 20 September, 2024
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