Simon Tomes | Activities
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Thank-you for Leading with Quality
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Beyond the comfort zone
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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Lovely meeting you both today
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Thank-you for Leading with Quality
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I attended the Pre-Pre Motacon meetup last night where I had a really nice evening and have been at Leading With Quality today.Like everyone in the MoTaverse I really appreciate the effort and care...
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Where to start…
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Today’s leading with quality workshop has been a gold mine of insights thought provoking and both personal and team development opportunities. A big thanks has to go to all those who took on the ch...
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Tree roots are the standard of the quality
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The guy who started a massive dance party at Sasquatch Music Festival (2009)
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Hooray for Paul and WonderProxy
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Hooray for Paul and WonderProxy
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Tree roots are the standard of the quality
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What has been your experience with Quality Engineering?
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Hooray for Paul and WonderProxy
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Hooray for Paul and WonderProxy
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Hooray for Paul and WonderProxy
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Great to have Paul from WonderProxy speaking at Leading With Quality.Honest chat about being at the top of an organisation and the ethical responsibilities and decisions that come with it.
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Lunch with Jarsto
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We miss you Judy Mosley
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What has been your experience with Quality Engineering?
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The reality of Quality Engineering
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What has been your experience with Quality Engineering?
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The reality of Quality Engineering
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What has been your experience with Quality Engineering?
awarded Tom Game for:
Thanks for sharing all sorts of helpful reflections during the Leading With Quality sharing sessions, where you shared back to the rest of the room.
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The reality of Quality Engineering
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"Just checking Myspace and working out who should be in my Top 8."
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Rosie and Simon are at hard at work during Leading with Quality!What are they working on? Maybe some MoTacon surprises? Who knows...
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Hard at work during Leading with Quality
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Hard at work during Leading with Quality
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Hard at work during Leading with Quality
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What has been your experience with Quality Engineering?
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I'm unlearning to remind people to do things
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The reality of Quality Engineering
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Barry sharing some hard and helpful truths."It should all be clear, we're all contributing to quality! So why isn't it clear?"
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What has been your experience with Quality Engineering?
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During Leading With Quality, Barry asked participants to explore the following question:
What has been your experience with Quality Engineering?
Some reflections:
We started by exploring the diffe...
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Hard at work during Leading with Quality
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Hard at work during Leading with Quality
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Discretion lines and spans of control matter
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I'm unlearning to remind people to do things
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Discretion lines and spans of control matter
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Hard at work during Leading with Quality
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Hard at work during Leading with Quality
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Hard at work during Leading with Quality
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Rosie and Simon are at hard at work during Leading with Quality!What are they working on? Maybe some MoTacon surprises? Who knows...
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Jesper's session at Leading with Quality 2026 showed all the directions you can go in in your career as a quality professional. There are so many aspects I've never thought about. The mos...
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We're part of the MoTaverse, we have power!
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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