Alexis Monville
Red Hat
Chief of Staff
Who are you?
Alexis Monville worked in multicultural and distributed environments for years, coming back from the US and now based in the southwest of France. When asked if he misses the work in the office, he usually answers that he spent half of his 30 years of management experience in diverse sectors outside of the office and a lot of that working from home.
Alexis is a firm believer that change starts with the self. He is the author of two books: Changing Your Team From The Inside and I am a Software Engineer and I am in Charge.
Alexis facilitates successful playful collaborations. He designs and builds sustainable and high-impact teams and organizations.
What do you do for a living?
Alexis is Chief of Staff to the CTO at Red Hat, a long-time hybrid open-source software company with more than 100 office locations in 40 countries, where half of the 20,000 people work remotely.
What are you going to talk about at FlowCon?
Unlock the power of Emerging Leadership
How can we really develop ourselves?
When we accept that adults can continue to develop all their life, the question becomes what to develop and how to really develop ourselves. The talk will discuss how to make the journey, the journey of a team, or even several teams.
What are you the proudest of?
Apart from my wife and kids you mean?
I am proud of a lot of things, the ones that stands out are collaboratively organized events like TEDxBordeaux, or the books I wrote.
What speaker and/or topic would you like to see at FlowCon?
Flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
If you were an art piece, which one would it be?
Les Loisirs - Fernand Léger
What's your favorite band, artist or song?
Are you going with me - Pat Metheny
Sum up your session or workshop in only 1 sentence
How can we really develop ourselves?
What are the 3 top takeaways from your session or workshop?
- The three keys to the flow of development
- How to set the flow for yourself and your team
- What to expect from the development of the individuals