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Re:Beyond Spotify and iZettle: How Sweden became Europe’s ca... by toxik on Saturday September 08, 2018 @02:48PM (#17942173)
I think what you've found is a reflection of the du-reform.[0] Swedish people are allowed, nay expected, to poke fun at their supervisors, as a show of good faith and encourage exactly that kind of bottom-up decision making that is so crucial to good teamwork.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du-reformen

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Re:Beyond Spotify and iZettle: How Sweden became Europe’s ca... by jacobush on Saturday September 08, 2018 @03:50PM (#17942423)
I think the du-reform was a reflection of the underlying mentality.
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Re:Beyond Spotify and iZettle: How Sweden became Europe’s ca... by toxik on Sunday September 09, 2018 @07:34AM (#17945426)
That's a fair point, but perhaps splitting hairs to some extent. It is certainly both true that the du-reform was made possible because of the contemporary context, and that the du-reform became a clear signal from the higher-ups in society that this change was embraced.
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