Simon Tomes | Activities
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Celebrating my 8 year work anniversary with another link to QE!
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My collection of photos from Leading With AI (LWAI)
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Porridge caring: Finding joy in a shifting industry - Ep 140
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Hot take: Don't let AI take notes for you
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Conversational QA: From me to we
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In this week's episode of This Week in Quality, we talked about grief. Grief may be a strange topic to talk about in technology, but I think it's an important one. Much of the industry is shifting....
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A thoughtful, vulnerable episode about grief, identity, AI, writing, and the emotional cost of trying to influence quality in organisations that don’t always listen.
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Porridge caring: Finding joy in a shifting industry - Ep 140
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Porridge caring: Finding joy in a shifting industry - Ep 140
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Porridge caring: Finding joy in a shifting industry - Ep 140
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Thanks for joining the TWiQ stage and sharing your story. 🤩
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Thank you for co-hosting TWiQ! You were ace. Grateful for you leading an open and honest conversation.
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Thanks for joining the TWiQ stage and talking through your current situation. 🤩
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Thanks for joining the TWiQ stage. Great to see you and good luck with the next round of blog writing. 🤩
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Porridge caring: Finding joy in a shifting industry - Ep 140
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Thanks for joining the TWiQ stage and sharing your story. 🤩
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A thoughtful, vulnerable episode about grief, identity, AI, writing, and the emotional cost of trying to influence quality in organisations that don’t always listen.
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Thanks for being brave with me. It was a tricky topic, but I think people are ready to talk about it. Thanks for diving in and seeing what happens!
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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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