Category: Life at PPO

Project Portfolio Office (PPO) is demonstrating our commitment to healthier but more importantly HAPPIER employees through the launch of the PPO Active Club. And we’re making it official with our first team race event, The J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge! The J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge, run in 7 countries and 13 cities is a 5.6km race … Continue reading "We’re lacing up for the launch of the PPO Active Club!"

It is not always an easy task to become part of Captain Lindi Marvel’s agents as the standards she set is sometimes quit high. Recently the Captain has introduced, her now full time agent, to the team. Invisible Andisiwe. As the Invisible Woman, Andisiwe can render herself wholly or partially invisible at will. She can … Continue reading "Invisible Woman joins the PPO Super Hero Club!"

Excellent customer service agents are like superheroes. They use their powers for good, they live by a strong moral code and they have a motivation that has led them to be who they are. Here at PPO our support team, or the Super Six as we like to call them, are by day mild mannered individuals … Continue reading "Super six or super fix?"

As you know, we at Project Portfolio Office (PPO) are a a social bunch and would use any excuse to get together for some “off-the-clock” time with our fellow teamsters here in South Africa.  That is why we used this past Valentine’s day as a good excuse to put the brakes on the fast pace … Continue reading "Spreading the love on Valentine’s Day"

It is the season of to-do's as the holiday season begins. Travel plans, preparation for the perfect festive lunch and that last minute shopping. With our mantra of Work Hard to Play Hard, Project Portfolio Office (PPO) kick-started the holiday season by wrestling the team away from their work stations to celebrate yet another year … Continue reading "Oh what fun the festive season can be!"

Project Portfolio Office’s (PPO) recent “Amazing Race” was an adventurous quest and treasure hunt with a technological edge. The hopeful teams made their way to iconic Pretoria Zoo in a minibus taxi each with a goal to finish as the number one team. But before the race could begin, teams loosened their limbs with some … Continue reading "PPO’s Amazing Race"