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In his latest post, our CEO Steve Foreshew-Cain shares his thoughts on the continuing relevance and importance of Pride Month š. At Scott Logic, weāve adopted this yearās Northern Pride themeāRemember, Resist, Rise Upāand, as Steve explains, there are many good reasons why, from the personal to the political. A week today, Steve will be hosting a Pride discussion panel on the same theme of 'Remember, Resist, Rise Up'. Register to join the live stream or to attend in person at our Newcastle HQ: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/remember-resist-rise-up-pride-panel-discussion-tickets-353664468947 If you can't make it and would like to watch the recording, register and we'll send it to you after the event.
Episode 4 of 'Beyond the Hype' is out! This month, Colin is joined by Principal Consultant Daniel McNamee, Lead Test Engineer Xin Chen and Senior Test Engineer Jack Arnstein to ask 'Behaviour Driven Development, Hype? Or just misunderstood?' They discuss the essence of BDD, where it adds value and where it doesn't, and how expensive it is as an approach. But is it hype? Have a listen to find out their verdict: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2022/06/15/beyond-the-hype-bdd.html And subscribe to āBeyond the Hypeā on: š§ Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behaviour-driven-development-hype-or-just-misunderstood/id1612265563?i=1000565339785 š§ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/5sE96kXOZXhPIs7iePpfMm?si=hyqeBy9TRgartW6zzqX2LA š§ Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5saWJzeW4uY29tLzM5NTE1MC9yc3M/episode/Zjg3MTg3MGEtZmQ2OS00Njg1LTg4NjItNjQ4MGQxZjZjYzE1?sa=X&ved=0CA0QkfYCahcKEwiA6LuWya_4AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ
Our CEO Stephen Foreshew-Cain was a recent guest on Xquadrant's āThe Impact Multiplier CEO' podcast. This season, the podcast is focusing on āThe CEO Learning Curveā, inviting CEOs to reflect on what got them the top job, what they've learned over the first few quarters in the role, and what lies ahead. Steve talks about: ā¢ Why the biggest surprise that Steve discovered was that he couldn't run the company! ā¢ The importance of understanding the Founder's story (and what to do with that) ā¢ The four focus areas that Steve recommends any CEO should attend to ā¢ How to use 20% of your time in a way that makes the other 80% way more impactful Listen on: š§ Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/s8e18-growing-leadership-across-the-organisation/id1529150414?i=1000564739753 š§ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SGeCqXFis9ZHooAfQFPgH š§ Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5iY2FzdC5mbS9pbXBhY3RtdWx0aXBsaWVyY2Vv/episode/NzAzMms5NTE?sa=X&ved=0CA0QkfYCahcKEwjIk8Wftq34Ah Or watch on YouTube: šŗ https://youtu.be/YTOyc6xACfw
Happy Pride Month! š³ļøāš On 23 June, join our CEO Stephen Foreshew-Cain for 'Remember, Resist, Rise Up: Pride panel discussion'. We'll be live streaming the event or you can attend in person at our Newcastle HQ. Steve will be joined by a fantastic group of panellists: ā¢ Ali Hannon, EDI consultant and LGBTQ+ activist ā¢ Laura Crow, Head of IT Services at Newcastle Strategic Solutions ā¢ Terry Brown, Director of Engineering at Healx ā¢ Brian Renwick, Senior Software Engineer at Healx Together, they will celebrate how far weāve collectively come, share the work theyāre doing to resist discrimination and injustice, and inspire us with practical ways we can get involved in rising up to face the challenges ahead. šļø Thu 23 June š 18:00ā20:30
We're delighted to announce that we have been awarded a two-year, Ā£9m contract with HM Land Registry (HMLR) to help it achieve an ambitious transformation programme. The HMLR is aiming to transform by using innovative technology, investing in expert people and streamlining processes to make all interactions easy, effective, and more user-friendly. You can read the press release here.
Wordle isnāt just a ridiculously addictive word-based puzzle game, it can also teach you a thing or two about how to generate a strong password, as Jevon Beckles explains in his latest blog post.
Last Thursday, we launched our new HQ at the Lumenāone of the flagship buildings in Newcastle Helixāwelcoming guests from our clients as well as local government, businesses and universities. Our new office supports our ambitious growth plans, our sustainability goals and our approach to hybrid working. Read the press release here.
Trees as a data structure have been known to strike fear in the hearts of software engineers. So in this post, Joe Steer demystifies trees by explaining the different types and how they work, and then takes you step by step through how to implement one.
As a people-focused business, we take mental health wellbeing very seriously. This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and weāre marking it by running events on this yearās theme of loneliness, as well as raising greater awareness of the support available through our Wellbeing Programme. In addition, weāre re-running two of our information and discussion sessions for Line Managers (Mental Health Awareness and Mental Health Resilience). On the latter topic, hereās a talk you can watch by Laurence Pisani on Mental Health Resilience. Laurence is our Head of Consultancy (London) and has advanced qualifications in Psychology and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. In the talk, he explores the various stressors that affect our mental health and shares some strategies that will help you to improve your resilience.
Episode 3 of 'Beyond the Hype' is out! This month, Colin is joined by Solutions Architect James Heward and Principal Consultant Robert Griffiths to ask 'Is multi-cloud a myth?' Their wide-ranging discussion covers the difficulty of defining multi-cloud, the challenges of creating a multi-cloud architecture, and what's involved in dealing with multiple cloud vendors. Spoilers: all three call 'hype' on multi-cloud! Listen here to find out why...
