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When co-founders disagree on which Northern European work culture to emulate

My co-founder and I are both from Northern European backgrounds but different countries and we're trying to build a company culture around work-life balance, but we keep disagreeing about whether that means Danish hygge-style slowness or Swiss-style precision and efficiency.

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Two people are trying to create something new while negotiating different versions of what healthy relationship to time and work looks like.

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