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Swedish Scenes 5 - The importance of coffee.

"While we're on the subject of basic human rights, are we all aware that the coffee machine hasn't worked properly for the past three days?"

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Swedish Scenes 1 - Kick off med teambuilding.

Sweden has very politically correct offices – touching someone is classified as sexual harassment. Squeezing past someone in the corridor can be misinterpreted as penetration. Strangely, however, all this is forgotten during these teambuilding activities where physical closeness, pulling people in and out of things and climbing on top of each other is considered healthy bondage…errr, bonding.

Swedish Scenes 2 - Teamwork och teambuilding.

Jan, the new, young dynamic Marketing Director, has arranged for some teambuilding activities. These are basically designed to reduce everybody’s mental age to that of a 14 year-old. Half the group think it is good fun and a quarter think it’s all terribly embarrassing. The other quarter enjoy watching those who think the whole thing is embarrassing.

Swedish Scenes 3 - Parental leave

Sweden is well-known for its generous parental leave.

Swedish Scenes 4 - Utvecklingssamtal (The annual performance review)

In Swedish they refer to it more like a dialogue - utvecklingssamtal. Even children as young as 7 years old are assessed and evaluated. Most kids are told they’ll go far – and some teachers of course wish they would.This annual performance is all about feedback. The meeting is usually between someone who doesn’t want to give it, giving it to someone who doesn’t really want it.

Utdrag nr 4 ur boken In the Secret Garden of SwEden.

A sensible Swede called Jerker told me once that money wouldn’t buy me happiness. I told him: ‘Jerker, it’s not happiness I want – it’s money.’ There followed a silence longer than one of Ingmar Bergman’s loaded dramatic pauses. As a Swede he was stunned that someone could say such a thing.

Utdrag nr 5 ur boken In the Secret Garden of SwEden

I have a friend called Pontus. He is what I can only describe as a guy with a lot of testosterphone. One day he’ll have to be surgically removed from his mobile.
Varsågoda!
The book's in English. An ideal gift for your international partners and Contacts.

Utdrag nr 7 ur boken In the Secret Garden of SwEden

Varsågoda!
As a Swedish boss, stationed in a distant land, once said to me, 'The trouble with being punctual is that there is is not often anyone there to appreciate it.'

Utdrag nr 8 ur boken In the Secret Garden of SwEden

Swedes are somewhat obsessed with meetings. If there's a meeting, they'll go to it. It's a kind of national hobby.
Varsågoda.
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