Simon Tomes | Activities
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Share a story about when you used situational leadership
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Effective leaders adapt their approach based on the specific situation, particularly the "readiness" or "development level" of the individual or team they are leading. What stories can you share about how you've applied situational leadership?
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Situational Leadership helped me save a superstar
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I was leading a team of ten QA's. Most were high performers, and we had a wonderful team vibe. Super proud as this was the first team I had ever led, hired and grown. Fun to think back that it star...
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When you shift from “Here’s what I think we should do” to “What would change if we understood why this keeps happening?”, you stop being the tester with opinions and start being the person who unlo...
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We're building towards becoming more of a platform, a quality destination.
As part of this, we're evolving our "like" buttons, which now give MoTifications (notifications) when content is liked....
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It's happening! MoT MoTifications for "Likes" are here
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We're building towards becoming more of a platform, a quality destination.
As part of this, we're evolving our "like" buttons, which now give MoTifications (notifications) when content is liked....
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I recently had my very first face-to-face meetup with a group of testers, over coffee, smiles, and great conversations. It was such a joyful and exciting experience!
Many of the people I met wer...
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Learn about some of the reasons we get stuck and some top tips for getting unstuck
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Why Test Data Is the Unsung Hero of High-Quality Software — Especially in Finance
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Thank you for going above and beyond in May 2025. Team MoT appreciates how you consistently support, develop, and grow our community. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
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awarded Aj Wilson for:
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awarded Mariem SAFI for:
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awarded Chris Henderson for:
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awarded Gabbi Trotter for:
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awarded Nataliia Burmei for:
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On the slide, Titus shows the audience the trends that he has identified in the testing industry. This photo was taken when he asked the audience; “how many people here have a role where their prim...
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What a Beautiful evening it was !!
Had a great time with Rosie, Sam and Dan yesterday in Bristol. Lot of talks about Software testing, work life balance specially with kids and many more chit c...
awarded Scout Burghardt for:
Thanks for sharing feedback about the use of the MoT logo and links on The Club.
awarded Deborah Reid for:
Thanks for spotting and sharing issues with the lesson status label on on-demand courses.
awarded Jesse Berkeley for:
Thanks for suggesting we add API mocking made easy to The Community's Guide to Mocking collection.
awarded Vasanth Ram for:
Thank you for introducing yourself on the Q2 2025 Introductions thread on The Club. Welcome to the MoTaverse. 👋
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Sun down beach chats after TestBash Brighton
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13/09/24. Brighton Beach. The end of a jam-packed day two of TestBash 2024 in Brighton. We head to OhSo Social for lots of chit-chat.
Managed to spot Veerle chatting away with Serena and her co...
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Great Re-Testbash session online with the MoT community and I wrote the following virtual post it note.
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And all I could think of was Eamon's and his 99 second talk on the quality of trains.
Did I have a quality train experience today? No.
Was th...
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Explore SQEC and snag the early bird discount
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Leading with quality is guiding teams to build resilient, reliable, and ethically sound systems
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Alessandra makes a powerful point. And it makes me wonder what bugs the quality engineers of the next five years will be faced with. We've already seen folks pulling apart fundamental flaws in AI-g...
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Five Boring Things That Have A Bigger Impact Than “A.I.” Coding Assistants On Dev Team Productivity
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.
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