inclusion Archives - Agile Testing with Lisa Crispin

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 […]

Eckstein's Law: An organization produces a design that reflects the organization's biases.

Agile Testing Days 2021 – 1 of ? – Asking new questions

November 30, 2021 / Lisa Crispin / cognitive bias, conferences, culture, diversity, inclusion, inclusiveness, sustainability, Uncategorized, unconscious bias / No Comments

I haven’t made time to blog here much this year because of pair blogging with Janet Gregory on AgileTestingFellow.com, along with other writing commitments. I want to write about some of my Agile Testing Days 2021 takeaways, to reflect on them and reinforce them in my own head. So here goes. Might be the only […]

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) […]

A group of friends at the hotel bar, might look like a clique to newbies

Inclusive Conferences

November 19, 2017 / Lisa Crispin / conferences, inclusion, inclusiveness, Uncategorized / 8 Comments

I went to my first testing conference back in the early 90s. I learned a lot, but I was too intimidated to try to “network” with anyone. The speakers seemed standoffish, the feeling I got was “You’re a nobody, so don’t try to talk to us.” Maybe that was an unfair interpretation on my part, […]