Simon Tomes | Activities
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Helpful friction: why easy isn't always better for communities
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Helpful friction: why easy isn't always better for communities
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Helpful friction: why easy isn't always better for communities
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This Week in Community (TWiC) — Episode 6
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The awesome feeling you get when you asked a simple question and it turned into something you could have never imagined & then you go tell your friends.
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Inspired by this post in the Engineering Management Chapter Slack channel, we're writing a book of our own! The EM Chapter is trying to pull together 99 insights from the community on Engineering M...
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99 Things Every Engineering Leader Should Know - Share your thoughts!
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99 Things Every Engineering Leader Should Know - Share your thoughts!
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99 Things Every Engineering Leader Should Know - Share your thoughts!
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The awesome feeling you get when you asked a simple question and it turned into something you could have never imagined & then you go tell your friends.
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Content as customer journey: how Community Leaders can learn from this Thameslink experience design
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Bring Back Crappy Forums
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What Was Matt Thinking?
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What is next after an experienced quality role?
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What is next after an experienced quality role?
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What is next after an experienced quality role?
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So you been around the company block enough times to recognize the seasons of the place. Summer, Crunch, Performance-review, Financial Year.You have probably seen P-1 incidents and P-I planning co...
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What is next after an experienced quality role?
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What is next after an experienced quality role?
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The awesome feeling you get when you asked a simple question and it turned into something you could have never imagined & then you go tell your friends.
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Three oblique strategies to help you become community qualified
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Three oblique strategies to help you become community qualified
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We're thrilled to have WonderProxy once again on board as a Gold Partner for MoTaCon 2026! If you haven't yet, you'll be able to meet IRL the team who makes global testing wonderfully simple, where...
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Wondering what wonderful swag WonderProxy will bring this year?
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Wondering what wonderful swag WonderProxy will bring this year?
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Wondering what wonderful swag WonderProxy will bring this year?
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Thanks for your welcome message to Amber in the Engineering Management Chapter. What a kind gesture and great idea. 🤩
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The awesome feeling you get when you asked a simple question and it turned into something you could have never imagined & then you go tell your friends.
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This past couple of weeks I have been thinking a lot about how I show up for the MoT EM Chapter community. I love asking questions and I love books, so I decided to ask a question about books to se...
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The awesome feeling you get when you asked a simple question and it turned into something you could have never imagined & then you go tell your friends.
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The awesome feeling you get when you asked a simple question and it turned into something you could have never imagined & then you go tell your friends.
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The awesome feeling you get when you asked a simple question and it turned into something you could have never imagined & then you go tell your friends.
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The awesome feeling you get when you asked a simple question and it turned into something you could have never imagined & then you go tell your friends.
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The awesome feeling you get when you asked a simple question and it turned into something you could have never imagined & then you go tell your friends.
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The awesome feeling you get when you asked a simple question and it turned into something you could have never imagined & then you go tell your friends.
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The awesome feeling you get when you asked a simple question and it turned into something you could have never imagined & then you go tell your friends.
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Meet the people leading the Leading with Quality day!
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Stop waiting to be noticed
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The awesome feeling you get when you asked a simple question and it turned into something you could have never imagined & then you go tell your friends.
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This past couple of weeks I have been thinking a lot about how I show up for the MoT EM Chapter community. I love asking questions and I love books, so I decided to ask a question about books to se...
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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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"Wonderful! 🤩"
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Once again, the MoT Athens community has donated laptops to the ELPIDA Foundation (Association of Children with Cancer). Above all the meetups, events, and conferences we've organized, this is what...
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Community Beyond Technology - More Than Meetups
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.
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