Remember playing with legos? You took different colors, added different pieces, than removed some. Then your little sister added hers and you tried to figure out how your buildings fit together, what you could build together.

Our week felt a lot like this.

All week David deconstructed what he’d been building for our still secret Central project. He worked on his own, his head down behind a screen with pages full of code. He was, as he said “un-building to build better”.

During this time, Pascal setup Blossom, a tool for project management that we’re testing out on one of our projects. We’re hoping it will allow us to collaborate more cross-functionally and visualize task progress. In other colorful news, big news for the cyclist that I am, Pascal got himself s stunning vintage blue Peugeot bicycle! Merci Hush Rush!

Loucas put pen to paper to build user stories before Pascal and he could map them out together on the wall. Once our client gave feedback and priorities, these cards were moved, literally on the wall, Pascal added them to Blossom and Loucas continued the digital prototyping.

Following our retreat, we continued reflecting and building on what we did in the woods. I ran an intro to MBTI session over lunch and we discovered that I’m not only the only chick in the team, I’m also the only extrovert, and hooray we have a good mix of other preferences to satisfy our clients and project styles!

The lads also allowed me to experiment with an intention building exercise I’d wanted to try forever. They went a long with it while I had a nervous fit of laughter. I promised them that if it didn’t work by September I’d get them dinner - I sure hope it does! I left feeling grateful that I work in a place where I can explore different concepts and express my quirky side.

On Friday, we finished the week with a brunch and build to work on our website. It’s an experiment in the making, a wish to have something out in the world that makes sense and explains what we do. We’re counting the hours as we’ve decided to publish as is, whatever is done in the coming days. Like us, it may not be perfect, but it will be authentic and honest.