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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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"@Gary. Appreciate you sharing this."
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"Nice one, Gary. Thanks for sharing. Glad you have the opportunity to make the most of the troughs."
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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Bug congrats on being one of the first people to earn the MoTaCon Amplifier badge! 🎉
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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Are you measuring your worth by the wrong thing entirely?
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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Are you measuring your worth by the wrong thing entirely?
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These wins in quality: Grins, Gary and going for it - Ep 142
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How do you move on from a failed product launch?
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Tests passed yet the startup failed
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Tests passed yet the startup failed
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One membership, one click, you and maybe your whole team are in.
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Buy MoT Professional Membership, get MoTaCon free!
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Engineering quality in an AI based product
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Engineering quality in an AI based product
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And are you shifting critical thinking left?
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Engineering quality in an AI based product
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Engineering quality in an AI based product
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Are your highest value skills aimed at the right things?
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Are your highest value skills aimed at the right things?
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Make room to think, or stay reactive
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Make room to think, or stay reactive
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What are AI guardrails?
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Nice one for completing the triple! Three Call for Insights published on the MoTaverse. 🤩🤩🤩
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Nice one for completing the triple! Three Call for Insights published on the MoTaverse. 🤩🤩🤩
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Nice one for completing the triple! Three Call for Insights published on the MoTaverse. 🤩🤩🤩
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The MSTA technical learning model brings motivation, strategy, task management and attitude together
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Task management and attitude complete the art of learning
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Task management and attitude complete the art of learning
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Task management and attitude complete the art of learning
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Task management and attitude complete the art of learning
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Task management and attitude complete the art of learning
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The MSTA technical learning model brings motivation, strategy, task management and attitude together
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A celebratory 'wins' episode full of community milestones, personal breakthroughs, bug catches, career confidence, and the many small moments that keep the MoTaverse moving.
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These wins in quality: Grins, Gary and going for it - Ep 142
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These wins in quality: Grins, Gary and going for it - Ep 142
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These wins in quality: Grins, Gary and going for it - Ep 142
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These wins in quality: Grins, Gary and going for it - Ep 142
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These wins in quality: Grins, Gary and going for it - Ep 142
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These wins in quality: Grins, Gary and going for it - Ep 142
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These wins in quality: Grins, Gary and going for it - Ep 142
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Wins and grins
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Are your AI efforts good enough?
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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