http://www.thelocal.se/blog/20070316/116/ Swedish stuff distracting us today Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:51:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thelocal.se/blog/20070316/116/comment-page-1/#comment-10999 streja Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:50:48 +0000 http://www.thelocal.se/blog/20070316/116/#comment-10999 Are you suggesting that we should have to endure the thousands of entries to the Melodifestival and then vote for them? That would mean we would get a whole year of shows just dedicated to the Melodifestival. I don't even think that would be enough... Are you suggesting that we should have to endure the thousands of entries to the Melodifestival and then vote for them? That would mean we would get a whole year of shows just dedicated to the Melodifestival. I don’t even think that would be enough…

]]> http://www.thelocal.se/blog/20070316/116/comment-page-1/#comment-9743 Ryan Potter Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:01:01 +0000 http://www.thelocal.se/blog/20070316/116/#comment-9743 Isn't this the way most leadership decisions are made in Sweden? Whether it is the big technology companies deciding what the salary for a programmer will be at secret dinners, or the Federation of Songwriters deciding which tunes will be included in the Melody Festival by throwing out most of the competition in the first round of judging, the Swedish way is for leaders make decisions in small secret groups, then publicly convince everyone that there has been consensus with a meeting of the powerless. Isn’t this the way most leadership decisions are made in Sweden? Whether it is the big technology companies deciding what the salary for a programmer will be at secret dinners, or the Federation of Songwriters deciding which tunes will be included in the Melody Festival by throwing out most of the competition in the first round of judging, the Swedish way is for leaders make decisions in small secret groups, then publicly convince everyone that there has been consensus with a meeting of the powerless.

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