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Five Blogs – 2 May 2023

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

If It Cannot Be Measured, It Cannot Be Improved
Written by: Alexander Shurov

Question…?
Written by: Alan Page

Dealing with Negative Attitudes
Written by: Steve Keating

Test Now
Written by: James Thomas

How to Optimize Your User-Generated Marketing Campaign Using Influencers
Written by: Jeremy Moser

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6 Frustrating Reasons You Aren’t Becoming a Better Leader
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Quote of the day:
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” -Sam Levenson

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Five Blogs – 28 February 2023

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What is Open-Source Intelligence?
Written by: Ritu Gill

Could Your Leadership Be Off Course Because You Are Over Solving Problems?
Written by: Scott Cochrane

How To Describe All The Value When You Want To Influence
Written by: Johanna Rothman

Three ideas to make an impact as QA leader
Written by: Prashant Hegde

Good Times Build Confidence…Bad Times Build Character
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg

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10 Warning Signs Your Company is Lacking Alignment and How to Fix It
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Quote of the day:
“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.” -Terry Pratchett

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Five Blogs – 11 March 2022

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5 Common Fears Of Leadership And How To Conquer Them
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Russia-Ukraine: Is internet on verge of break-up?
Written by: Jane Wakefield

We’re In For A Decade Of Generational Strife
Written by: Greg Satell

Six Tips To Becoming An Influential Leader
Written by: Terri Klass

The Lack of Practicality in Software Testing Tools
Written by: Enrique De Coss

Quote of the day:
“First, I prepare. Then I have faith.” -Joe Namath

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Five Blogs – 30 October 2019

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

Deception and Estimation: How We Fool Ourselves
Written by: Linda Rising

The Long and Winding Road to Testing
Written by: Peter G Walen

How “Shift-Left” Testing Can Help Your Product Quality?
Written by: Harshit Paul

Bad Blood
Written by: Jason Trenouth

The Art of the Elevator Pitch
Written by: Carmine Gallo

Quote of the day:
“This life is yours to make amazing. You hold the power. You’re not the victim.” -Cassey Ho

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Five Blogs – 24 October 2018

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

The Science of Coaching
Written by: Erin Wildermuth

Black Box Testing
Written by: Anne-Marie Charrett

Effectiveness
Written by: Bob Marshall

Understanding Agile Metrics
Written by: Bob Ellis

3 Shifts that Expand Influence
Written by: Dan Rockwell

Quote of the day:
“I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all.” -Simone Biles

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Five Blogs – 30 March 2018

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

Error Mining
Written by: Gojko Adzic

A typical day of Testing
Written by: Chris Kenst

10 Things to Remember When You Are Feeling Stuck
Written by: Lolly Daskal

3 Tips to Become a Technical Tester
Written by: Justin Rohrman

Convincing vs. Influencing: Which one do you tend to do?
Written by: Marcia Reynolds

Quote of the day:
“Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives.” -Barbara Kingsolver

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Five Blogs – 5 October 2017

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What I Learned From England Rugby Coach Eddie Jones
Written by: Toby Sinclair

What It Takes To Become A Person Of Influence
Written by: Michael Hyatt

A 2×2 Matrix to Help You Prioritize the Skills to Learn Right Now
Written by: Marc Zao-Sanders

Test Automation Myth-Busting
Written by: Andy Knight

How to Make Your Point and Be Heard When You Speak Up
Written by: Jesse Lyn Stoner

Quote of the day:
“In the end you can’t always choose what to keep. You can only choose how you let it go.” -Ally Condie

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Five Blogs – 27 September 2017

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Eight Reasons Why No One’s Listening To You
Written by: Amy Phillips

Next level of problem solving
Written by: Antti Niittyviita

Encourage Employee Vacations and Time Off to Increase Productivity
Written by: Dave Crenshaw

Why It’s Still So Difficult to Hire a Diverse Team
Written by: Anka Wittenberg

5 Proven Ways to Be More Influential at Work
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Quote of the day:
“There’s always some further action to take” -Pierre Boulle

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Five Blogs – 26 September 2017

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3 Places You Can Look At To Make Forward Progress Faster (and Better)
Written by: Mike Vardy

Automation Sync: Exploring Strategy And Results
Written by: Angie Jones

The Ultimate Leadership Test
Written by: Chip Bell

Conquering Impostor Syndrome
Written by: David Walsh

Leadership, at the heart of agile
Written by: Steven Deneir

Quote of the day:
“Automation does not make things better, it just makes it faster” -Gojko Adzic

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Five Blogs – 14 July 2017

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Should automation testers dive into manual testing?
Written by: Viktor

How Do I Convince My Boss to Do Anything I Want?
Written by: Jurgen Appelo

How Do you React to Failure?
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg

The Introspection That Comes Before Complaint, Confrontation, Or Correction
Written by: Dan Rockwell

On crossing the bridge into unit testing land
Written by: Bas Dijkstra

Quote of the day:
“Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” -Albert Ellis

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