Podcast Episode 3 – Empowering teams

Welcome to episode 3, the Testing Peers talk about their experiences around empowering teams, what has worked and what didn’t.

Podcast Episode 2 – Leading 1 to 1s

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 […]

Podcast Episode 1 – Welcome to the Testing Peers

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 […]

Cognitive Distortions

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 […]

Russell – Why Testing Peers?

Why I took part in the Testing Peers group.

Why I joined the Testing Peers

Another community? Another slack group? More networking with folks which could take up family time? When Chris first pinged me to see if I was interested in being part of it, all of the above ran through my head. But I genuinely believe Testing Peers is different and our purpose is something I really and […]

Why Testing Peers?

I may be responsible for initiating the Testing Peers, but it has become the essence of a collaborative entity. I have a habit of rambling on a little, and a knack for translating that rambling into prose. The primary example of this being my initial pitch to the group that would become the Testing Peers. […]