One away from the big 100, what better way to celebrate than talking about our experience with failures? Simon, Chris, Russell and David share stories of failures from their careers and what they have learned from them. Before diving into the main topic, Chris leads the banter and asks the Peers about their failures when […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 99 – Failures"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. On this episode, Chris, Russell and David are joined by a new guest, Jon Robinson. The topic they all discussed was the wonders (or lack of wonder) around Meetings. Jon leads the banter and asked everyone for their weirdest/craziest meetings, this covers everything from awkward situations, […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 98 – Meetings"Thank you for joining the Testing Peers for another episode. On this one, Chris, David, Simon and Russell discuss the role of the manager and whether we still need them. Before jumping in, David asks the peers what things they can’t live without, we have answers from people, the internet, books and coffee machines. Simon […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 95 – Do We Need Managers?"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. The Awesome foursome back together again with the topic of fighting fires and some of the additional effort that is needed when it is all hitting the fan. Chris starts off the banter with asking us about memes we may use in the workplace, we have everything […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 93 – Fighting Fires"Welcome to the latest edition of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, David and Chris are joined by Dermot and also brand new host Sanne. The peers are talking about first impressions and how reputations can sometimes proceed you. Sanne starts the conversation off with a great question of “what do you friends know you […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 92 – First Impressions"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers and in what is fast becoming a rare event, the band are back together, with Russell, Chris, David and Simon all present at the same time for a recording. We decided to talk about something which has been touched upon in previous episodes, the misconceptions of the […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 90 – Testing Misconceptions"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Chris and Simon are absent again so David and Russell are joined by 2 new guest hosts in Dermot Canniffe and Beren van Daele. Dermot asks the peers about what they have recently committed to and enjoyed regarding TV and film. A variety of answers from the […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 89 – Risk Appetite"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. A fully stacked panel for this episode with Simon, Russell and David being joined by Shey and Beth (shows the hole that Chris leaves when he’s not around that we need to replace him with 2!). The topic for this episode was to focus on the leadership […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 83 – Delegation"Welcome back for another episode of the Testing Peers. We are releasing this on the back of Mental Health Awareness Week 2023, which has the theme of Anxiety, so the Peers will dive into their experiences with Anxiety and how they have combatted it in the past. Before going into the main topic, Simon brings […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 81 – Anxiety – Mental Health Awareness Special 2023"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Regular hosts Chris, David and Russell are joined by the Semi-Regular host Shey to discuss all about Quality Shift moments, where our understanding or perspective around aspects of testing/quality may have changed forever. Before diving into this, Chris starts the banter with looking at “aha moments” and […]
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