My blog

Models, models everywhere!

3rd Mar 2021

... Context is Key is my favourite phrase of all time. Each and every one of us is an individual, with individual needs, individual hates, individual acceptance levels, individual mental and physical health levels. Learn about yourself. Learn what your levels are. Learn what drives you and what you're passionate about. Learn what you can live without. Learn what's essential for you to be happy in life. Use all that information to create your version of the Ikigai model, and find something that truly gives you a reason for being...

Fire all your testers?

31st Jan 2021

... If you're confident that your engineers are doing work to a standard where the risks to their work are low enough for your risk appetite, and you're happy for them to learn quality and testing practices on the job, I sincerely see no reason for you to have quality folks on your team...

Guess Who! An Information Model example

28th Jun 2020

... And so you see that investigation, analysis, and critical thinking all enable us to make decisions on our next action, until we have enough confidence (acceptance of risk) that we want to follow the next stage of the game...

A Polarising opinion!

21st Jan 2020

... Most of the time, the lens we use is well-suited to the work we're doing, but have you ever stopped to ask yourself whether there's a 'better' lens to use in that situation? Is the lens you're using showing you 'defects' that your customers really won't care about, or that may not actually be defects at all? Or that impact the time it will take to be confident with the testing you've done?

Personalised Book of Positivity

17th April 2019

... I wrote down any positive work feedback which made me smile, or feel good about the work I do, as soon as possible after it occurred (voice dictation or Siri is great for that!)... I break out my Personalised Book of Positivity (PBoP) to remind myself of the times I've done well and received positive feedback, including the context of why I did good, or received that feedback.

International Women’s Day 2018

14th March 2018

... Across ALL industries around the world we are surrounded by amazing women and it’s our responsibility to stand up and remind people of that fact, as often as possible, and as passionately as possible. Let’s #PressForProgress...