Welcome to episode 55 of the Testing Peers podcast. This episode falls on the same date as the start of Mental Health Awareness Week 2022, and this year’s theme is Loneliness and our mental health. We greatly value all the discourse around mental health and see great value in continuing the conversation and so we […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 55 – Loneliness"Welcome to episode 53 of the Testing Peers podcast! In this episode, the Peers are talking about Experience – what it means to us in the workplace, how we approach working with people of differing experience, as leaders – and much more. Before diving into the main topic, David asks the Peers to look back […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 53 – Experience"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. On this episode, the peers discussion the topic and the ‘art’ of persuasion. Covering what we mean by persuasion, some examples of when we have used it and also discussed it from the angle of being an ally for those trying to pursuade someone. Before we […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 51 – Persuasion"Happy New Year! 2022 (not 2023, David) kicks-off with the Testing Peers talking about motivation. The Peers chat about what it is that wakes them up in the morning, is it duty or a drive to live our best life? What’s the point of never knowing at all? When every step I take is always […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 46 – Motivation"Hello and welcome to another episode of the Simon Show Testing Peers Podcast. In this episode, the Peers talk about dream jobs. Before we dive into the main topic, we talk about when we have treated ourselves to dream gifts. From Back to the Future Lego, PlayStations, greenhouses, AC Cobras and coffee machines! The Peers […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 44 – Dream Jobs"Hello and welcome back for another episode of the Testing Peers podcast! In this episode, the Peers will be discussing coaching testing. We take a look at coaching credentials outside of our work lives and then dive into defining what coaching is and what it isn’t. Chris mentions a sketchnote made at TestBash 2017, in […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 43 – Coaching Testing"Thank you for joining as this time we share our views and ideas on performance and goals setting. Chris starts us off by taking us into the archive of his brain and on to PE – so we share stories of sporting prowess or lack of. We move on to talk about why we do […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 42 – Performance and Goal Setting"Thank you for joining us again. On this episode, we discuss our experience with onboarding new members to our teams. We spend time talking about the good and bad things that have happened and suggest ideas to make the onboarding processes as smooth as possible. Before diving into the main topic, David asks us to […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 41 – Onboarding Testers"Welcome to episode 40 of the Testing Peers! Episode 40??? How did that happen? Pleased to know people are still listening and supporting us! Thank you so much for this. In this episode, the peers discuss why we would want to have testing/quality activities happening earlier in a project cycle. The benefits of doing this […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 40 – Testing From The Start"Hello and welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Our gloves are off this week and we don’t have a specific topic to discuss. Instead we allowed the conversation to flow wherever it took us, with the only point being that this was a chance for us to vent about any frustrations we may […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 39 – Testing Rants"