Aki Kärkkäinen 🌻🍉🇪🇺

@akikoo
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European in Sweden • Scrum Master, Agile Practitioner, Team Lead • Previously worked in FI, UK, FR, BE, DK • Mindfulness & A11y enthusiast • Bittersweet type • Ex-developer • Ex-musician • Ski dude • MSc Econ.

Main interests: Agile, Climate change, Future of Work, Leadership, Music, Nature, Pandemic, Science, Teams, Wellbeing.

My websitehttps://www.akikoo.org/

AI flattens what multicultural teams need most: nuance, trust, and the ability to read what goes unsaid.

Read more in my latest article below 👇

#leadership #worksmarter #teams #discovery #delivery #agile #goals #people #habits #flow #wayofworking

https://akikoo.medium.com/rediscovering-the-human-core-of-teamwork-bfde589ff74b

Rediscovering the Human Core of Teamwork

AI flattens what multicultural teams need most — nuance, trust, and the ability to read what goes unsaid

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After years of hoping, I finally saw Radiohead live on Dec 4, 2025.

Some words and video clips about the experience are available on my website and YouTube channel 👉

https://www.akikoo.org/log/2025/12/04/radiohead-live-in-copenhagen/

#radiohead #music #copenhagen #royalarena

Radiohead live in Copenhagen

After years of hoping, I finally saw Radiohead live

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💡Location matters less than you think for team cohesion. Connectedness is what actually matters.

Read more in my latest article below 👇

#connectedness #productdevelopment #leadership #worksmarter #teams #feedback #discovery #delivery #agile #goals #people #habits #flow #wayofworking

https://akikoo.medium.com/why-co-location-is-overrated-for-team-connection-0cbb60379f58

Why Co-Location is Overrated for Team Connection

Physical proximity is a terrible predictor of team cohesion. Connectedness is what actually matters.

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💡Work small internally even if you can’t release small externally. 

Read more in my latest article below 👇

#productdevelopment #projectmanagement #leadership #innovation #worksmarter #teams #feedback #discovery #delivery #agile #goals #people #habits #flow

https://akikoo.medium.com/big-or-small-b5c54df3af9e

Big or Small?

Work small internally even if you can’t release small externally

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Would you share and hold a rope with your team?

The answer to that question is a leading indicator of whether a team will succeed or fail.

Read more in my article below 👇

#teams #ropeteams #leadership #people #goals #agile #breithorn #4000m #mountains

https://akikoo.medium.com/from-rope-teams-to-remote-teams-95aa413b643f

From Rope Teams to Remote Teams

In remote teams, the real distance isn’t physical — it’s connection distance

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Just published the video edit from my trip to Western and Central Breithorn summits (4164m/4159m) in the Italian Alps, on July 31, 2025.

Check it out on my YouTube channel!

#breithorn #aostavalley #4000m #alps #italy #glacier #alpinism #mountains #trekking #hiking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xni6ntJugb0

Western and Central Breithorn summits, 4164m/4159m, Italy

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Are we building Agile practices or capabilities? The Agile Fluency Model offers a better developmental roadmap.

Read more in my article below 👇

#AgileFluency #OrganizationalChange #AgileMindset #Product #Leadership #Teams #Learning #SystemsThinking #Capabilities

https://akikoo.medium.com/why-the-agile-fluency-model-matters-a6efab38c9f1

Why the Agile Fluency Model Matters - Aki Kärkkäinen - Medium

Are we building Agile practices or capabilities? The Agile Fluency Model offers a better developmental roadmap.

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New extensions to Scrum and Kanban Guides add complexity to frameworks that succeed through simplicity. Real challenge: changing mindset, not adding theory.

Read more in my article below 👇

#Agile #Scrum #Kanban #Product #Feedback #Leadership #Teams #Learning #Habits

https://akikoo.medium.com/are-new-scrum-and-kanban-guides-making-us-less-agile-7158aee701c8

Are New Scrum and Kanban Guides Making Us Less Agile?

New extensions to Scrum and Kanban Guides add complexity to frameworks that succeed through simplicity. Real challenge: changing mindset, not adding theory.

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“Work Smarter, Not Harder” is what most organizations preach, while doing the exact opposite. Read more in my article on how to escape the Capability Trap 👇

#SystemsThinking #ContinuousImprovement #Leadership #ProcessImprovement #Teams
#Feedback #Learning #Habits

https://akikoo.medium.com/breaking-free-from-the-capability-trap-ab85c0ac1959

Breaking Free from the Capability Trap - Aki Kärkkäinen - Medium

Organisations often find themselves stuck in a vicious cycle of declining capacity: the Capability Trap. This article explores why.

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