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Aki Kärkkäinen 🌻🍉🇪🇺12h ago

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.

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Aki Kärkkäinen 🌻🍉🇪🇺Feb 24

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

Aki Kärkkäinen 🌻🍉🇪🇺Dec 30

2025—another year of building, helping, leading, learning, and adapting.

Radiohead live in Copenhagen

After years of hoping, I finally saw Radiohead live

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Aki Kärkkäinen 🌻🍉🇪🇺Oct 9, 2025

💡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

Aki Kärkkäinen 🌻🍉🇪🇺Sep 6, 2025

💡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

Aki Kärkkäinen 🌻🍉🇪🇺Aug 26, 2025

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.

From Rope Teams to Remote Teams

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

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Aki Kärkkäinen 🌻🍉🇪🇺Aug 7, 2025

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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Aki Kärkkäinen 🌻🍉🇪🇺Jul 17, 2025

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

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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Aki Kärkkäinen 🌻🍉🇪🇺Jul 12, 2025

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

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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