Cosmic discussion: the possibilities of Systems Thinking

7th March 2025
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  • Nithin SS's profile
  • Hibri Marzook 's profile
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Talk Description

Moderated by Karime Salomon, the discussion featured Nithin SS, Gwen Diagram and Hibri Marzook, who collectively explored the expansive applications of systems thinking in software testing. 

In this cosmic conversation, they examined how systems thinking influences testing practices, impacts team dynamics and helps identify and avoid common pitfalls. 

They also shared real-world examples to illustrate the practical benefits of adopting a systems thinking approach within testing environments.

 

By the end of this session, you'll be able to:

  • Understand how systems thinking can transform testing methodologies and overall software quality
  • Recognise the influence of systems thinking on team collaboration and communication
  • Identify potential traps in systems thinking and learn strategies to avoid them
Head of Engineering

Gwen Diagram is a technology professional from Leeds who specialises in testing.  She is an avid automation evangelist with a focus on testing complemented by repeatable build processes with monitoring. She has had varied roles throughout her career including Scrum Master at a Start Up, Engineering Manager at a bank and DevOps kid at a large Financial Services organisation. She is currently the Head of Engineering at Glean in Leeds.

As a strong believer in making the tech industry as open and punk as possible, she co-organises a twice yearly free day long testing conference called the Leeds Testing Atelier.  She speaks regularly at local meet-up groups, Agile Yorkshire and Leeds DevOps, duels with creative types at events like the Tech Off, speaks internationally at conferences such as Nordic Testing Days in Tallinn and was the closing keynote at Agile on the Beach in Falmouth, UK in 2018.

Outside of work, you will usually find her hanging around a Natural History Museum somewhere in the world marvelling at how incredibly excellent dinosaurs are, feeding pigeons or ducks or obsessing over transport.

Senior Director, Quality Engineering
Engineering leader driving a culture of transparency, ownership, collaboration, accountability and quality through agile methodologies and automation.
Head of QA
Nithin, founder of Synapse QA, brings over a decade of IT experience. He excels in building high-performing teams and is currently the Head of QA at Lodgify, focusing on Quality Engineering Excellence
Principal Engineer
An experienced leader helping teams and organisations improve software delivery and using Public Cloud technologies.
Head of Engineering

Gwen Diagram is a technology professional from Leeds who specialises in testing.  She is an avid automation evangelist with a focus on testing complemented by repeatable build processes with monitoring. She has had varied roles throughout her career including Scrum Master at a Start Up, Engineering Manager at a bank and DevOps kid at a large Financial Services organisation. She is currently the Head of Engineering at Glean in Leeds.

As a strong believer in making the tech industry as open and punk as possible, she co-organises a twice yearly free day long testing conference called the Leeds Testing Atelier.  She speaks regularly at local meet-up groups, Agile Yorkshire and Leeds DevOps, duels with creative types at events like the Tech Off, speaks internationally at conferences such as Nordic Testing Days in Tallinn and was the closing keynote at Agile on the Beach in Falmouth, UK in 2018.

Outside of work, you will usually find her hanging around a Natural History Museum somewhere in the world marvelling at how incredibly excellent dinosaurs are, feeding pigeons or ducks or obsessing over transport.

Senior Director, Quality Engineering
Engineering leader driving a culture of transparency, ownership, collaboration, accountability and quality through agile methodologies and automation.
Head of QA
Nithin, founder of Synapse QA, brings over a decade of IT experience. He excels in building high-performing teams and is currently the Head of QA at Lodgify, focusing on Quality Engineering Excellence
Principal Engineer
An experienced leader helping teams and organisations improve software delivery and using Public Cloud technologies.
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