Simon Tomes | Activities
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Porridge caring: Finding joy in a shifting industry - Ep 140
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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Learning new (AI) skills
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Learning new (AI) skills
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Today has all been about learning new skills. But in this moment I wanted to talk specifically about AI skills. During the course of today I attended an excellent AI chapter event on AI skil...
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Community non-determinism
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Definitions of Community non-determinism
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Showing up takes persevilience
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Showing up takes persevilience
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I've enjoyed my Call for Insights with Simon Rigler. Not only is he a top bloke and someone who cares deeply about supporting his team members, he's just really good at explaining things.Simon's ob...
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It's pretty exciting to see the AI Chapter turning into something special and I'm personally very happy to see the investment into our Chapters paying off.It's over 400 members now. Over 200 regist...
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Grumps goes to the AI Chapter
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Grumps goes to the AI Chapter
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Grumps goes to the AI Chapter
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Grumps goes to the AI Chapter
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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Great to record a Call for Insights with you. Appreciate all the advice you shared around thinking bigger with AI. It's excellent! 🤩
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Friction-Maxxing, or The Case for Elbow Grease
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Friction-Maxxing, or The Case for Elbow Grease
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Friction-Maxxing, or The Case for Elbow Grease
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Friction-Maxxing, or The Case for Elbow Grease
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Friction-Maxxing, or The Case for Elbow Grease
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Friction-Maxxing, or The Case for Elbow Grease
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This is a wealth of knowledge ready to be ingested at your own time and pace. It covers talks you may have attended, or others you weren't able to. The fact you can always go back makes it even eas...
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Content catalogue with 1,000+ sessions
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Content catalogue with 1,000+ sessions
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Content catalogue with 1,000+ sessions
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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Thanks for sparking the idea to display an MoT birth date on the profile page. 🎂
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"I enjoyed our conversation, Rosie. 🤩
Thanks for the opportunity to join Into The MoTaverse again. We hope listeners gain more insight into our thinking around what it means and takes to build the MoTaverse."
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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Simon Tomes returns to Into the MoTaverse for a six-month check-in with Rosie on Community as a Service, care, joy, and the slow pivot to becoming a tech community.
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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My collection of photos from Leading With AI (LWAI)
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Spoke at TWiC — This Week in Community
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Hosted TWiC — This Week in Community
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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awarded Drew Pontikis for:
Great to hear your thoughts on the stage during This Week in Community (TWiC). Thanks for joining us! 🤩
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Rosie, Simon and Drew explore AI, authenticity, measuring what community really delivers and community building boundaries
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Are boundaries the answer to AI in communities?
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Are boundaries the answer to AI in communities?
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Are boundaries the answer to AI in communities?
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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