Simon Tomes | Activities
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🚀 VERY exciting announcement!🚀 Speakers and the format for London MoT 4.0 (The BIG Summer Sprint) with Monzo Bank have been released!🔥
👀 Details below!!! - 180+ on the RSVP and a growing waiting l...
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London MoT 4.0 (The BIG Summer Sprint) - Lets gooooooooooooo!
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🚀 VERY exciting announcement!🚀 Speakers and the format for London MoT 4.0 (The BIG Summer Sprint) with Monzo Bank have been released!🔥
👀 Details below!!! - 180+ on the RSVP and a growing waiting l...
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Quality Talks Bitesize – Interview advice for interviewees and interviewers
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Stu Day and Chris Henderson dive deep into the world of interviewing, with reflections on their roles has hiring managers. Plus discussions with those who are currently open to work and who have recently secured a new role.
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Supporting developers to debug and resolve issues with datastores in the Self-Service ecosystem.
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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.
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Leading styles can vary.
One thing that I have always enjoyed doing and find that works is leading with examples, or by example.
This could show up in many ways.
Sometimes it's about our b...
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Thanks for sharing feedback about the MoT Community Stars feature via a The Club post: 50+ ways to earn a community star badge.
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Turns out, effective leadership is less about particular style, and more about adapting to the situation.
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I'm a big fan of Christine, hey Christine!
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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:...
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Thanks for sharing an idea to enhance the navigation for glossary items.
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Share one leadership idea that you practice
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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.
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Share one leadership idea that you practice: Tailor your message to your audience.
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Share one leadership idea that you practice: Tailor your message to your audience.
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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.
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It takes grit to put on a conference
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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. ...
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Thanks for accepting Emily O'Connor's challenge. :)
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Fun facts about the origins of This Week in Testing
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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...
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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?
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 29
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Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?
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Thank you for sharing kind words about TestBash, via a MoT glossary definition.
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👋 Welcome, Andrew. Thanks for introducing yourself on the Q2 2025 Introductions thread on The Club.
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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.
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Thank you for co-hosting Episode 91 of This Week in Testing.
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Thank you for co-hosting Episode 91 of This Week in Testing.
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Thanks for sharing a job opportunity in the MoT Slack.
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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. 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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