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/
The Role Nobody Posted But Everyone Needs

I’ve never had a job title that fully fit. Turns out that’s the point.

Medium

Teams of ten are becoming teams of three. Are AI-empowered triads the future of work?

Read more in my article 👇

#Teams #WaysOfWorking #AI #People
#Leadership

https://akikoo.medium.com/ai-empowered-three-person-teams-96991e380297

AI-Empowered Three-Person Teams

The future of teams isn’t 10 people. It’s networks of AI-empowered triads.

Medium

8 years, 3 clients, 1 career switch, and a lot of curiosity. Grateful for the journey — excited for what’s next.

#OpenToWork
#WaysOfWorking
#AgileCoaching
#ProductOwner
#DistributedTeams
#FutureOfWork
#Sustainability
#AI

https://www.akikoo.org/log/2026/04/17/goodbye-nion/

Goodbye Nion

8 years, 3 clients, 1 career switch, and a lot of curiosity. Grateful for the journey — excited for what’s next.

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

Medium

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.

Medium

💡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

Medium

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

Medium

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

YouTube