It’s quite an exciting thing, growing up!  We will be turning 12 tomorrow!  We’ve beaten all the odds (95% of SMEs close down before they reach their 10th birthday).

And to mark the new year of growing up, we’ve been working on defining the DNA of Avo to keep ourselves ‘Avo’ going forward.  Its been a great process: we’ve been arguing and debating what behaviours support and grow a successful Avo space, and what behaviours detract from our success.  Jeez - the Avos get heated when I try and get my way!  I’ve had to negotiate with both feet planted squarly on the ground to keep them from eliminating my precious culture of ‘Kudos and Cockup’!  (OK there’s a story behind this one!)

We’ve had some very talented Avo artists preparing icons to represent the behaviours, and will be revealing some of their work on the 9th May.  After that, we’ll start measuring ourselves against those behaviours monthly, to make sure we don’t stray off the track of building a profitable company that we’re proud of, and delivering work that we’re proud of!

Happy Birthday Avo!!!!!