Ready to Discuss the Meeting About the Meeting?
While Swedes are softspoken about a lot of things, the workplace is where they release their inner lions. If you’ve ever spoken with a Swedish businessperson at a meeting, you probably know just how much they love voicing their opinions.
However, punctuality trumps the desire to be heard. So, what Swedish businessfolks may do is conduct a meeting about an upcoming meeting. You read that correctly; they’ll spend 30 minutes in a meeting to discuss what they’re going to discuss in the main meeting set sometime in the future. That’s pretty strange, at least from our American goggles, but if it works…