Can You Do 'Better Than Richard'?
13th January 2023
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Ajay Balamurugadas
Senior Director - QE, GSPANN Technologies
Rahul Parwal
Specialist
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Talk Description
In this session, Rahul Parwal and Ajay Balamurugadas will 'Do Better Than Richard' in this fun, but serious take on bad leadership situations.
For the past weeks, Richard Bradshaw has shared some videos on Twitter, using the #DoBetterThanRichard.
Watch this session to see how these situations could have had a better leadership outcome and why not, try your own outcome?
What you’ll learn
By the end of this talk, you'll be able to:
- Learn how to be a better leader
- Discuss good and bad leadership scenarios
Ajay Balamurugadas
Senior Director - QE, GSPANN Technologies
Ajay Balamurugadas, goes by the handle ‘ajay184f’ in the testing community and is
continuously re-inventing his testing methodology. He co-founded Weekend Testing - a
worldwide movement for skilled testing, authored multiple books available at bit.ly/booksaj and bit.ly/ajleanpub. His friends associate the terms - ‘Change Agent, Idea Man,
Motivational’ to him. He tweets under @ajay184f and loves to have long conversations on
software testing and life in general. He is currently working at GSPANN Technologies, Inc. as Senior Director - QE. When not testing, he spends time with his wife and two children.
Rahul Parwal
Specialist
Rahul Parwal is a Software Tester & Generalist. Presently, He is a Senior Software Engineer with ifm engineering in India. Reading, learning, and practicing the craft of software testing is something he enjoys doing. He also shares his knowledge and experience with testers via LinkedIn, Twitter, Blog, Youtube, and meetups.
His recent accolades include the ‘Jerry Weinberg Testing Excellence Award‘ from the “Tea-time with Testers” and the 'Super Voice Award' by Synapse QA. Want to know more, Check out: https://testingtitbits.com/
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