Life in Norway Present Episode 61: Jason Turflinger of the American Chamber of Commerce in Norway joins the present to speak enterprise tradition in Norway and the US.
Immediately I’m joined by Jason Turflinger, Managing Director of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Norway. Jason has lived in Norway for greater than 20 years and has an enormous quantity of perception into the enterprise world.
We discuss concerning the goal and work of the AmCham organisation, and whether or not the stereotypes are true concerning the distinction in working tradition between Norway and the USA.
Jason additionally provides up some ideas for People seeking to transfer to Norway and discover work. Comfortable listening!
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Introducing Jason & AmCham
Jason moved to Norway greater than 20 years in the past nearly by chance, following his research that might have taken him to Moscow. Financial hassle in Russia meant he as an alternative settled in Norway following a go to to a former faculty roommate.
Immediately, Jason works as Managing Director of AmCham in Norway. The Oslo-based AmCham is a non-profit enterprise advocacy, companies and networking organisation comprised of main US, Norwegian, and worldwide member firms working throughout 22 industries.
Jason defined the distinction between AmCham and a extra typical Chamber of Commerce in a metropolis:
“Most of our members if not all have already determined to do enterprise in Norway. We try to facilitate enterprise for them and make issues simpler, and hopefully make it simpler to draw further funding into their Norway operations.”
Enterprise tradition in Norway and the US
We chatted a bit of concerning the stereotypes of enterprise tradition in Norway and the US, and whether or not these stereotypes are grounded in actuality or not.
“When an expat director arrives, I can let you know early on if they’ll have a tough time right here or a superb run in the course of the management of their organisation. A whole lot of that comes down as to whether they’re vocal of their opposition to what they understand their workers’ work ethics to be.”
Nonetheless, Jason believes that whereas Norwegians do have a tendency to depart work earlier, they do not essentially do much less work: “Plainly Sunday night is the brand new Monday morning.”
