Allison Matlack

487 points

Raleigh, NC

Allison is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer turned communications lead at Red Hat who is known for her enthusiastic speaking style and passion for helping other leaders inspire their teams. She's an experienced Agile practitioner and coach of software engineering teams in various stages of maturity, as well as a comms specialist with a change-management style steeped in the tradition of the Open Decision Framework. She's honored to have been an Open Organization Ambassador since 2016 and loves helping others find ways to put open principles into practice.

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Authored Content

Combining individual powers to make team collaboration easy

When I was young, I was never a fan of Captain Planet. The cartoon first aired when I was in fifth or sixth grade, and back then I was more interested in reading books and…

Set aside ego for the sake of a shared goal

Time and again, The Open Organization (and all of the community-driven materials surrounding it) highlights the importance of driving organizational change through…

The Tao of project management

Take this ancient advice on contemporary problems.

A starry-eyed dreamer reflects on The Open Organization

Full disclosure: I'm not new to this whole "corporate book" thing. One of the executives at my previous employer published one. I got neither a free copy nor a signature. But…

Authored Comments

amatlack

3 Oct 2018

Beyond engagement: What leaders need to know about empowering others

Thanks, Nicky! Glad it resonated with you!

amatlack

11 Jun 2018

Learning to be open without turning into a mesmerized chicken

Hi Eddie,

I wouldn't say there's a right or wrong way to do the open source thing. The bit about the chickens was just to say that we shouldn't be so inured to a culture (any culture) that we stop questioning it and ourselves. I think a lot of us gravitate toward open organizations because their values resonate with our personal values, and it's the values that align that we should champion. Hope that helps!