Welcome to episode 9 of the Testing Peers podcast. In this episode, we talk about passion. This is a topic that was inspired by a post by Philip Wong in the Podcasters Club in Ministry of Testing’s The Club: https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/introduce-your-podcast/40932/5?u=christovskia “Passion was a big word that was mentioned in the episode. For a tester like […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 9 – Peers talk passion"This week, the Peers are following on from our CV episode (Podcast Episode 6 – CVs) with a discussion around interviews. Tips, techniques, pet peeves and of course, David’s potato harvest.
Read more "Podcast Episode 8 – Discussions on Interviews"Welcome to episode 7 of the Testing Peers Podcast. Yes, we made it to 7 episodes!
This week the peers are going to reflect a little on who initially inspired our testing journeys and also give you an insight into some of the books that have helped us on our way.
Read more "Podcast Episode 7 – First Inspirations & Good Reads"Welcome to episode 6 of the Testing Peers Podcast. This week the peers are talking CVs. In a time where lots of people are finding themselves looking for new roles, we thought it might be a great time to discuss CVs.
Read more "Podcast Episode 6 – CVs"Welcome to episode 5 of the Testing Peers Podcast…
In this episode, we dive into the topic of reporting your testing, the various forms that may exist in, corporate or regulatory demands on how you should report your results, and what benefits these reports provide to you as a test leader and also to the wider business
Welcome to episode 4 of the Testing Peers Podcast. This week the peers are talking Cognitive Bias. We find cognitive bias everywhere, the awareness of our own biases and challenging ourselves on those biases are really important. We discuss cognitive biases that we have encountered in the testing world, biases that we have and the […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 4 – Cognitive Bias"Welcome to episode 3, the Testing Peers talk about their experiences around empowering teams, what has worked and what didn’t.
Read more "Podcast Episode 3 – Empowering teams"If you’re reading this, there’s a chance you intend to listen to episode 2! Thank you so much for joining us on this journey, we hope you find our random babbling interesting and maybe find some nuggets to help you along the way! Recently, Chris wrote a blog on 1 to 1s (https://christovskia.blog/2020/04/22/just-one-on-one/) and this […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 2 – Leading 1 to 1s"Thursday July 18th 2019 is a significant date in the short history of the Testing Peers. Simon had finally convinced Russell, David and myself to explore the possibility of podcasting together, and this was when the #testingpeerspodcast channel started in our Slack group. We were more than half a year into our joined-up adventure and […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 1 – Welcome to the Testing Peers"Since this is mental health awareness week, I thought I’d share a little from my own experience around mental health and in particular cognitive distortions. I must start with a disclaimer – I am not a mental health professional, I don’t have a qualification in psychology, psychiatry or anything related. So, why do I want […]
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