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Learning how to be an ally to non-binary folk

December 21, 2021 / Lisa Crispin / being an ally, conferences, culture, diversity, hiring, inclusiveness, safety / No Comments

This is my third post sharing my biggest takeaways from Agile Testing Days. OK, I’m pretty slow, and, I hope my learning might inspire someone else’s. I first got to know Bruce (the legend) on social media and via Ministry of Testing. She was an amazing host for an online TestBash. Bruce makes awesome videos […]

Tina Toucan provided extra diversity and fun!

Diversity in conference speakers == new ideas, more learning

August 15, 2018 / Lisa Crispin / conferences, continual improvement, diversity, inclusion, learning for testers, Uncategorized, women in agile / 2 Comments

I attended my first testing conference back in the early 90s. I can only remember one woman speaker, and she made such an impact on me, I still remember the session well – it was about how to test requirements. I have used those ideas ever since! Thanks in large part (in my opinion, anyway) […]

Improving our interview process

October 7, 2011 / Lisa Crispin / agile teams, hiring, interview / 9 Comments

Last May, we were asked to enlarge our small team by hiring another tester and another programmer. We’ve made a few hiring decisions in the past which turned out to be mistakes, so we decided to enhance our interview process. After a lot of brainstorming and research, we came up with some ideas to try. […]

We’re Hiring

July 4, 2011 / Lisa Crispin / hiring, Whole Team Approach / 10 Comments

I consider our software development team to be one of the coolest on the planet. I’ve met a lot of teams around the planet – well, ok, only three continents – and I can only think of one that might be cooler than ours. We’re a small team, we have a great track record for […]