A quality blether on topics ranging from Greek philosophy to the RAF's approach to risk, with community, mastery, mindset, emotional intelligence and so much more.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-platten-thestoictester/

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius by Donald Robertson

Team Guide to Software Testability by Ash Winter & Rob Meaney

Holistic Testing: Weave Quality into Your Product by Janet Gregory & Lisa Crispin

48 Laws of Power bt Robert Greene

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This is the podcast of The Scottish Testing Group.

This is intended to be a safe space where subjects can be explored in a curious and open-minded way, always remaining friends, no matter how controversial it may get.

The Scottish Testing Group was set up to connect those people working in the field of software testing across Scotland. As software affects all of us anyone is welcome to join and contribute to the conversation. Networking, mutual support, education, and curiosity are the purpose of STG.

The music is The Beat of Nature by Lesfm, Olexy. Available on Spotify.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I talk to an old friend and mentor who also happens to be and absolute legend in Testing, about his life and experiences now he has retired.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/graham-freeburn-fbcs-461741/

https://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bach-6188a811/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorothygraham/

https://scottishtesting.org/

https://www.specialisterneni.com/

Books

https://geraldmweinberg.com/Site/Perfect_Software.html

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Essential-Software-Design-Torbjrn-Ryber/dp/9185699039

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lessons-Learned-Software-Testing-Context-Driven/dp/0471081124

https://geraldmweinberg.com/Site/General_Systems.html

https://www.thetesteye.com/papers/TheLittleBlackBookOnTestDesign.pdf

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Illusions-Adventures-Reluctant-Richard-Bach/dp/0099427869

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This is the podcast of The Scottish Testing Group.

This is intended to be a safe space where subjects can be explored in a curious and open-minded way, always remaining friends, no matter how controversial it may get.

The Scottish Testing Group was set up to connect those people working in the field of software testing across Scotland. As software affects all of us anyone is welcome to join and contribute to the conversation. Networking, mutual support, education, and curiosity are the purpose of STG.

The music is The Beat of Nature by Lesfm, Olexy. Available on Spotify.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I talk to four amazing people who took the big step of significantly changing careers to become QEs. If you're looking for inspiration, these four are inspirational!

https://uk.generation.org/

https://www.edinburghcollege.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/award-winning-software-development-bootcamp-continues-to-encourage-underrepresented-workers-to-join-tech-industry

https://www.scotlandis.com/blog/scotlands-top-tech-innovators-recognised-at-the-digital-tech-awards-2026/

https://www.scotwomenintech.com/

https://backtoworkuk.com/

https://2itesting.com/

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This is the podcast of The Scottish Testing Group.

This is intended to be a safe space where subjects can be explored in a curious and open-minded way, always remaining friends, no matter how controversial it may get.

The Scottish Testing Group was set up to connect those people working in the field of software testing across Scotland. As software affects all of us anyone is welcome to join and contribute to the conversation. Networking, mutual support, education, and curiosity are the purpose of STG.

The music is The Beat of Nature by Lesfm, Olexy. Available on Spotify.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hard hitting hot takes from a highly experienced and very flamboyant Quality Engineer and Quality Coach - Callum Akehurst-Ryan.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cakehurstryan/

https://cakehurstryan.com/2026/05/05/an-example-abstract-for-conference-talks/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasedgwick/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizaf/

https://testingpeerscon.com/

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This is the podcast of The Scottish Testing Group.

This is intended to be a safe space where subjects can be explored in a curious and open-minded way, always remaining friends, no matter how controversial it may get.

The Scottish Testing Group was set up to connect those people working in the field of software testing across Scotland. As software affects all of us anyone is welcome to join and contribute to the conversation. Networking, mutual support, education, and curiosity are the purpose of STG.

The music is The Beat of Nature by Lesfm, Olexy. Available on Spotify.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 4 is coming and will be here soon, but in the meantime here's a wee taster.

This is a conversation I had with Suman Bala, at Peerscon 2026 in March.

Suman is a dynamic force of Quality engineering and recognised as an influence in the Software Testing industry.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumanbala/

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This is the podcast of The Scottish Testing Group.

This is intended to be a safe space where subjects can be explored in a curious and open-minded way, always remaining friends, no matter how controversial it may get.

The Scottish Testing Group was set up to connect those people working in the field of software testing across Scotland. As software affects all of us anyone is welcome to join and contribute to the conversation. Networking, mutual support, education, and curiosity are the purpose of STG.

The music is The Beat of Nature by Lesfm, Olexy. Available on Spotify.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clare Sudbery is CI/CD coach, technical leadership coach, author (both technical and fiction), musician and a champion of Trunk Based Development. She is also a wonderful person to chat with.

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This is the podcast of The Scottish Testing Group.

This is intended to be a safe space where subjects can be explored in a curious and open-minded way, always remaining friends, no matter how controversial it may get.

The Scottish Testing Group was set up to connect those people working in the field of software testing across Scotland. As software affects all of us anyone is welcome to join and contribute to the conversation. Networking, mutual support, education, and curiosity are the purpose of STG.

The music is The Beat of Nature by Lesfm, Olexy. Available on Spotify.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This is the podcast of The Scottish Testing Group.

This is intended to be a safe space where subjects can be explored in a curious and open-minded way, always remaining friends, no matter how controversial it may get.

The Scottish Testing Group was set up to connect those people working in the field of software testing across Scotland. As software affects all of us anyone is welcome to join and contribute to the conversation. Networking, mutual support, education, and curiosity are the purpose of STG.

The music is The Beat of Nature by Lesfm, Olexy. Available on Spotify.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Taming Your Dragon by Dr Andrew Richard Brown

https://behaviouralsoftwareclub.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYRn0sModVcd1Y6SkbHMtKw

Business Dynamics : Systems Thinking And Modeling For The Complex World

Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows

Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke

Quit by Annie Duke

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This is the podcast of The Scottish Testing Group.

This is intended to be a safe space where subjects can be explored in a curious and open-minded way, always remaining friends, no matter how controversial it may get.

The Scottish Testing Group was set up to connect those people working in the field of software testing across Scotland. As software affects all of us anyone is welcome to join and contribute to the conversation. Networking, mutual support, education, and curiosity are the purpose of STG.

The music is The Beat of Nature by Lesfm, Olexy. Available on Spotify.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.