Simon Tomes | Activities
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Lead change from any role by applying transformational leadership principles to inspire others, improve quality, and drive meaningful collaboration
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Beyond the titles: leading change as an individual contributor
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Beyond the titles: leading change as an individual contributor
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MoTaCon 24/7/404 - Ep 131
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Changing the conversation changes the future
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A guide to creating an AI toolkit
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A guide to creating an AI toolkit
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Definitions of Engineering Management
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Make room to think, or stay reactive
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What if strategic thinking is mostly subtraction?
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Discover how to transition into quality leadership by building influence, advocating for better testing processes, and driving strategic organisational change.
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From tester to decision-maker: Carving your path in quality leadership
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From tester to decision-maker: Carving your path in quality leadership
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From tester to decision-maker: Carving your path in quality leadership
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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MoT London
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An evening of discussions, conversations, demos and stories.
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Stepping out of my comfort zone
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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Learn what produces usable tests and confident-looking garbage, and where the failure modes hide.
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Building better tests with AI
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Building better tests with AI
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Building better tests with AI
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"What are some good open source communities to get involved in? How do they support contributors?"
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A tester’s portfolio. Why even bother?
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Inspired by the following challenge: Create a Moment: Ask MoTaverse Anything.I believe open source offers some of the best learning opportunities for testers. Whether it's understanding real-world ...
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AMA about Open Source
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AMA about Open Source
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The STATUS model and the human aspect of technical learning
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The STATUS model and the human aspect of technical learning
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Changing the conversation changes the future
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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Changing the conversation changes the future
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Joined MoT Sheffield chapter
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Welcome to the MoT Sheffield (AKA ShefTest)!Join us to connect with like-minded community members, expand your knowledge and share experiences in a friendly and supportive environment. Whether you are already an expert or new to the field, we have something for everyone.Let's meet, learn and improve together!
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Summer event of Ministry of Testing Athens 2026: Done. ✔️It was an absolute honor to host Simon Mavi Stewart, Rafaela Azevedo, Diego Molina, Noemi Ferrera, and Wim Selles.
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Summer event 2026
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Summer event 2026
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Summer event 2026
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Summer event 2026
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Summer event 2026
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Summer event 2026
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Summer event 2026
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How to evaluate AI agents
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In the MoTaverse, we believe in the collective knowledge of the community and are working on unlocking it to enable micro learning opportunities.How it works:
we surface insights and we do magic b...
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Learning can happen in any moment, and any insight
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Learning can happen in any moment, and any insight
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We have recreated the import screens users need to fill in for declaration in our test environment. Although I appreciate the devs wanting to make it as close to real as possible, I have to check t...
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Everytime I have to confirm the information is real and correct when filling in testdata
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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