Recommended Reading - August Edition

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I haven’t done one of these in a while, but I’ve been keeping track of some of my favourite things that I’ve read watched and….erm…..read, and decided that I would share them. They aren’t all communities of practice related, but they’re all (in my opinion at least) worth a read :)

Links to articles I’ve really enjoyed…

Learning from popup villages

How I created and launched a successful community of practice - Empowering the team through a QA Academy

AI is confusing — here’s your cheat sheet

73% of testers meet in a community of practice

Understanding Digital Engineering Practice: A Path to Excellence at Anglian Water

Team Taxonomies for digital, data and technology organisations

YouTube videos I’ve really enjoyed…

Nothing to do with Communities of Practice, but I love endurance racing and I LOVE Le Mans - this years was an all time classic and can be watched in full on YouTube for free!

And a few other Substack posts I’ve really enjoyed…

Weak Soft Skills: Why you are stuck at the Senior engineer level

Building High Impact Developer Communities

Thanks so much for reading, if you’ve enjoyed this post I’d really appreciate it if you could share it - alternatively you could always buy me a coffee :)