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Scenario

How startups can bridge different Northern European time expectations

Our startup team has Dutch, Finnish, and Swedish employees and we're trying to establish company culture but everyone has different ideas about whether punctuality means showing up early, exactly on time, or within a reasonable window, and it's affecting trust.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group is discovering that building shared culture requires explicitly negotiating the invisible rules of time.

Your guide for this
Laozi
Laozi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Northern European clock culture?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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