Simon Tomes | Activities
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We're part of the MoTaverse, we have power!
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We're part of the MoTaverse, we have power!
awarded Megan Ozanne for:
Thank you for sharing your model with the Leading With Quality participants. I like how you've given folks plenty of things to think about and consider. The Person-Process-System maturity model approach is a solid framing to support their efforts!
awarded Jesper Ottosen for:
Thank you for your wonderful Leading With Quality session. It was brilliant. I like how it got everyone thinking and taking action on their worksheets. Great to help them think of their future self and future others.
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Power Impacts Leadership - The Bases of Social Power
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A typology of organisational cultures
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Culture’s Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions, and Organizations Across Nations
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Discretion lines and spans of control matter
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Discretion lines and spans of control matter at staff level. Not just thinking about day-to-day but thinking what are we going to be delivering in 6 months and asking how much will it cost. W...
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Engineering Career Framework: Staff
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Questionable Advice: “My boss says we don’t need any engineering managers. Is he right?”
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I'm unlearning to remind people to do things
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There's something Jesper shared at the top of his Leading With Quality session. "I'm unlearning to remind people to do things."Jesper said this in reference to his kids getting older and...
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Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
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Tree roots are the standard of the quality
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Lunch with Jarsto
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Lunch with Jarsto
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Having a nice comversation with Jarsto suring our Leading with Quality lunch break
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It's not just the story it's the meaning behind the story
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Cheers to MoTaCon 2026
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Motacon 2026 here I come!
awarded Megan Ozanne for:
Thank you for introducing your maturity model to the LWQ attendees. It’s excellent.
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Beyond the comfort zone
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Beyond the comfort zone
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A handy set of questions from Megan during Leading With Quality. It’s hard to encourage people to move beyond their comfort zone. Start with these questions.Then consider Megan’s maturity model.
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It's not just the story it's the meaning behind the story
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It's not just the story it's the meaning behind the story
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Tom Game made a comment about how processes can be viewed as exciting in Stu Day's 'Storytelling: bringing Quality to life' session at Leading With Quality.Often we can relate to processes as borin...
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Processes are awesome
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Processes are awesome
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Processes are awesome
awarded Stu Day for:
Processes are awesome
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Tree roots are the standard of the quality
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It's not just the story it's the meaning behind the story
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It's not just the story it's the meaning behind the story
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A visual illustration can bring the challenges of quality to life.For example, you could use different types of images of a house to explore what quality means. While an incredible looking house ma...
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Tree roots are the standard of the quality
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How can we use a tree analogy to describe quality?We have to grow with the team. New members are branches as things grow. Definition of quality remains the same.The tree changes shape but the ...
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For quality to succeed it needs understanding
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"If you tell your own experience you can't be wrong." Your own story matters. And you can also share stories told by others. This helps cement understanding.Stu Day kicks things off at Leading...
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Leading with Quality: Shaping What Comes Next, Together
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Opening „Leading with Quality“
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Thank you for kicking things off with high energy at Leading With Quality.
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Leading with Quality: Shaping What Comes Next, Together
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Just kicking of with Leading with Quality; a gathering of people who care about where quality in software is heading. The session opened by setting out what the day is for: shaping the future of qu...
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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