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Aki Kärkkäinen 🌻🍉🇪🇺
@akikoo.bsky.social
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Scrum Master, Agile Practitioner, Team Lead in 🇸🇪 • Previously worked in 🇩🇰🇧🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧🇫🇮 • Mindfulness enthusiast • Bittersweet type • Ex-developer • Ex-musician • Ski dude • MSc Econ. • European

Interests: Agile, Change, Teams, Leadership, Wellbeing, Nature etc.
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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 👉

www.akikoo.org/log/2025/12/...

#radiohead #music #copenhagen #royalarena
Radiohead live in Copenhagen
After years of hoping, I finally saw Radiohead live
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December 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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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 👇

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

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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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October 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
akikoo.bsky.social
💡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

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Big or Small?
Work small internally even if you can’t release small externally
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September 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
akikoo.bsky.social
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

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From Rope Teams to Remote Teams
In remote teams, the real distance isn’t physical — it’s connection distance
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August 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
akikoo.bsky.social
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

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Western and Central Breithorn summits, 4164m/4159m, Italy
YouTube video by Aki Kärkkäinen
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August 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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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

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Why the Agile Fluency Model Matters
Are we building Agile practices or capabilities? The Agile Fluency Model offers a better developmental roadmap.
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July 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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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 #Leadership #Teams #Learning #Habits

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Are New Scrum and Kanban Guides Making Us Less Agile?
Why comprehensive documentation in Scrum and Kanban expansion packs might hurt adoption more than help it.
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July 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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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

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Breaking Free from the Capability Trap
Make time for improving capability
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July 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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How do you learn and find out things? Usually by getting feedback.

Read more in my article 👇

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#feedback #feedforward #systemsthinking #leadership #teams #distributedteams #psychologicalsafety #culture #theculturemap #agile #scrum #people #books #learning #motivation
Feeding Back and Forward
How do you learn and find out things? By getting feedback
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May 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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The war, the geopolitical uncertainty and the new arms race started by Putin have left Europe with no choice. Europe must be ready for this race, and Russia will lose it like the Soviet Union 40 years ago. From today, Europe will arm itself more wisely and faster than Russia.
March 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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The attempted mugging of a visiting president was about the world war that Musk, Trump, and Vance have chosen. If we attend to what Vance and Trump said yesterday, we can work our way to the unreason of American policy, and to the chaos that will follow.
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The War Trump Chooses
That wasn't Trump against Zelens'kyi. It was Americans against reason
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March 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Reposted by Aki Kärkkäinen 🌻🍉🇪🇺
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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
akikoo.bsky.social
Becoming Led Zeppelin premiere on Feb 7, 2025

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#ledzeppelin #becomingledzeppelin #jimmypage #johnpauljones #johnbonham #bonzo #robertplant #petergrant #bernardmacmahon #sweden #movies #malmö #malmo #spegelnbiobarbistro
Becoming Led Zeppelin premiere
Becoming Led Zeppelin document film premiere
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February 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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My end-of-year article for 2024 is out! Reflections, actions, happiness, suffering, plans for 2025, and more.

Read more in my article 👇

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#health #wellbeing #endofyear #newyear #saudade #suffering #happiness #leadership #teams #culture #people #books #slavaukraini
2024 — A kaleidoscope of ambiguity
2024 was a weird year. I don’t really know what to make of it, but I’ll try.
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December 31, 2024 at 9:25 AM
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Just published a longer video edit of my trip to the Madonna summit of Gran Paradiso (4058m) in the Italian Alps, on Aug 2, 2024.

Check it out on my YouTube channel!

youtu.be/SgKifKR885g

#alps #italy #glacier #alpinism #mountains #trekking #hiking #granparadiso #aostavalley #4000m
Gran Paradiso 4058m, Italy
YouTube video by Aki Kärkkäinen
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August 19, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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Just published a quick trailer video from the trip to the Madonna summit of Gran Paradiso (4058m) in the Italian Alps, on Aug 2, 2024.

Full edit coming soon :)

#alps #italy #glacier #alpinism #mountains #trekking #granparadiso #valsavarenche #aosta #aostavalley #nature #4000m
Gran Paradiso Madonna summit, 4058m, Italy
YouTube video by Aki Kärkkäinen
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August 18, 2024 at 2:24 PM
akikoo.bsky.social
I just acquired my Agile Kata Pro Level 1 (AKP I) certification 👨‍🎓

#agile #leadership #businessagility #kata #agilekata #habits #agiletransformation #agilecoaching #certification #teams #change #people #learning

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Certified Agile Kata Pro — Level 1
I’ve just acquired the Agile Kata Pro Level 1 (AKP I) certification at AgileKata.pro 🙂.
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April 14, 2024 at 10:50 AM
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After hearing the rumours of Agile being dead, I wanted to understand what might have contributed to its alleged death. Perhaps it's still alive, after all?

Read more in my article below 👇

#agile #scrum #teams #change #people #leadership #culture #mindset #work

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Uncovering Agile
After hearing the rumours of Agile being dead, I wanted to understand what really happened. Perhaps it’s still alive, after all?
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January 24, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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To wrap 2023 up, I’ve written a reflective article to share what I did, what I learnt, and what my goals are for 2024.

Read more in my article 👇

#wellbeing #saudade #grief #joy #leadership #teams #psychologicalsafety #culture #agile #people #slavaukraini

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2023 — Another Tough Year
In 2023, as every year (see 2022, 2021, 2020), I’ve tried to focus on things I can affect and improve — including self-improvement…
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December 29, 2023 at 10:37 AM
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Just published a new video edit on my YouTube channel: ascent to Piramide Vincent on August 5, 2023, in the Monterosa massif in the Italian Alps.

#alps #monterosa #trekking #piramidevincent #4000m

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Piramide Vincent 4215m, Monterosa, Italy
I've been wanting to climb Piramide Vincent in the Monterosa massif in the Italian Alps for years. On August 5, 2023 it finally happened - exactly 204 years ...
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December 14, 2023 at 3:56 PM
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Announcing my new YouTube channel: youtube.com/@akikarkkainen. I'm doing this because it's fun, not because I'm good at it :)

Watch the trailer below, and remember to subscribe!

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#youtube #alpinism #outdoors #mindfulness #wellbeing #motivation #teams
Trailer for my YouTube channel.
This is a sneak peek at the content on my channel.
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November 19, 2023 at 3:53 PM
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People aren’t resources. People have resources. Resources are things. My article below aims to remind everyone that people are people 👫👇

#agile #leadership #people #teams #culture #language #books #futureofwork #change #mindset #empowerment #engagement

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People Are Not Resources
People aren’t resources. People have resources. This article is a reminder that resources are things, and people are people.
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October 24, 2023 at 11:46 AM