Kay Xander Mellish on Danish Working Culture

Now when we talk about differences in working style, we can talk about little things, right? There's always lots of little things you can talk about. Like for example, on the first day at work in a Danish company, you often get a beautiful bouquet of flowers, right? As a kind of welcome. Even guys, guys get a beautiful bouquet of flowers. And for most people, that's a nice experience. It's like, oh, flowers. But I know a woman from Asia Who, when she came to work on her first day and she saw the beautiful flowers, she said, ah! Because in her country, you get flowers on your last day of work. She thought she'd been fired before she ever set foot in here. We're not going to focus on those little things. We're going to focus on the big topics and the big differences between Danish working culture and many international working cultures. Of course there are many. The differences are equality, not just being equal, but showing performant equality, showing how equal you think you are, showing you don't think you're better than others. Trust. Trust is the default in Danish companies and in Danish culture. That is a lot for people who come from countries or cultures where trust is not the default. Directness. Danes don't like to waste time and they don't like to waste words. They're going to tell you directly what's on their mind. What's the difference between a Danish company and a