Five Blogs – 20 March 2023

The (best) five blogs we can read today. Check them out.

To Curb Burnout, Design Jobs to Better Match Employees’ Needs
Written by: Michael P. Leiter and Christina Maslach

Metrics, models and conversations
Written by: Joep Schuurkes

How to Tell When It’s Time to Resign From Your Leadership Position
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Meet Me Halfway
Written by: James Thomas

Chinese hackers are getting more sophisticated with their attacks, report says
Written by: Ines Kagubare

Quote of the day:
“Until we know the assumptions in which we are drenched, we cannot know ourselves.” -Adrienne Rich

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 29 January 2023

The (best) five blogs we can read today. Check them out.

Why You Should Use Why Questions In Your Coaching Conversations.

Written by: Vernon Richards

Is there room for meanness in coaching? 4 ideas to use in your next session
Written by: Vernon Richards

One Thing Testers Should Remember Before Inflicting Help On Their Teammates.
Written by: Vernon Richards

One Thing That Coaches and Testers Have In Common.
Written by: Vernon Richards

The “Universal” Test Strategy (WIP).
Written by: Vernon Richards

Extra:

The Important Lesson I’ve Been Learning All Week But Didn’t Notice.
Written by: Vernon Richards

Quote of the day:
“You want to be successful, you must respect one rule: never lie to yourself.” -Paulo Coelho

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 24 January 2023

The (best) five blogs we can read today. Check them out.

Eyes Open
Written by: Alan Page

17 Questions Testers Can Use To Choose Their Career Path
Written by: Vernon Richards

Learning And Improving From The Production Bug As A Team, Here’s How
Written by: Parveen Khan

The Engine of Success
Written by: Steve Keating

ChatGPT Creates Polymorphic Malware
Written by: Alessandro Mascellino

Quote of the day:
“Sometimes, even our failures aren’t really failures.” -Jeff Goins

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 20 January 2023

The (best) five blogs we can read today. Check them out.

What Will Humans Do In An Artificially Intelligent World?
Written by: Greg Satell

I Get Reminded About Coaching All Over The Place
Written by: Vernon Richards

Day 7: 3 Things Developers Can Do To Help Tester
Written by: Parveen Khan

How to Make a Good Leader a Great Leader
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Why?
Written by: Steve Keating

Extra:

Russian criminals can’t wait to hop over OpenAI’s fence, use ChatGPT for evil
Written by: Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Quote of the day:
“Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?” -David Baldacci

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 3 January 2023

The (best) five blogs we can read today. Check them out.

Three kinds of acceptance I’m focused on in the new year
Written by: Kristin Hendrix

Five Questions For Leaders To Ring In The New Year
Written by: Terri Klass

The Shameful Open Secret Behind Southwest’s Failure
Written by: Zeynep Tufekci

What is coaching leadership
Written by: Dileep Marway

Protecting Your Mental Health
Written by: Steve Keating

Quote of the day:
“Happiness is a direction, not a place.” -Sydney J. Harris

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 21 November 2022

The (best) five blogs we can read today. Check them out.

Testing Deep and Shallow (3): Determination
Written by: Michael Bolton

How To Lead More Effective Meetings and Get Better Results
Written by: Lolly Daskal

9 Dos and Don’ts in Test Automation Moving Forward To 2023
Written by: Daniel Knott

CSRF in Plesk API enabled server takeover
Written by: Ben Dickson

How to Discover Your Purpose
Written by: Gregg Vanourek

Extra:

How TED Helps Testers Ask Better Questions During Story Refinement So The Whole Team Is Aligned
Written by: Vernon Richards

Quote of the day:
“The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters. Creation is all.” -Pablo Picasso

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 17 November 2022

The (best) five blogs we can read today. Check them out.

What is social engineering
Written by: Drew Robb

The heuristics of Neurodesign
Written by: Andrés Zapata

Which One of You Will Show Up Today?
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg

Test Your Assumptions
Written by: Paul Grizzaffi

On treating your test code like production code
Written by: Bas Dijkstra

Extra:

A Question I’ve Been Asking Myself Lately (And Why)
Written by: Vernon Richards

Quote of the day:
“The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive” -Carlos Castaneda

Five Blogs – 14 November 2022

The (best) five blogs we can read today. Check them out.

Some probing questions related to Software testing
Written by: Balaji Santhanagopalan

Ransomware attacks: is there a case for paying up?
Written by: Hannah Murphy

Weird Things Most People Don’t Know About Software Testing
Written by: Vernon Richards

New Report Reveals The Pervasiveness Of Accent Biases At Work
Written by: Adi Gaskell

How Entrepreneurs Can Have Work-Life Balance Today
Written by: Christine Lynn

Extra:

Create More Management Ease with Continuous Flow and Lower WIP: Aging First
Written by: Johanna Rothman

Quote of the day:
“We’re stronger in the places that we’ve been broken” -Ernest Hemingway

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 28 October 2022

The (best) five blogs we can read today. Check them out.

How to increase and maintain team motivation
Written by: David Tzemach

Purposeful Planning
Written by: Steve Keating

If You Can Do Exploratory Testing, You Can Ask Powerful Coaching Questions (And Vice Versa!)
Written by: Vernon Richards

Strategy Without Purpose Will Always Fail
Written by: Greg Satell

What is Phishing Resistant MFA?
Written by: Lance Spitzner

Quote of the day:
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” -Lois Lowry

You can follow this page on Twitter

Five Blogs – 24 October 2022

The (best) five blogs we can read today. Check them out.

8 Trends Driving Cybersecurity in the Public Sector
Written by: Ericka Chickowski

3 Questions I Like To Ask To Figure Out The Context
Written by: Vernon Richards

Microsoft’s remote-work-friendly CEO puts his finger on the big problem with working from home
Written by: Jane Thier

BlackByte ransomware picks up where Conti and Sodinokibi left off
Written by: Allen Bernard

Behaviour Driven Development starts with collaboration, not automation
Written by: Danielle Dias

Extra:

WebUI Testing
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Quote of the day:
“Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire.” -Geoff Dyer

You can follow this page on Twitter