Akikoo.org is the online home of Aki Kärkkäinen—agile practitioner, team lead, former UI Developer, and lifelong music freak, based in Malmö, Sweden.
I’m a curious person who has always found the biggest value at the intersections: between disciplines, cultures, and ways of thinking. Growing up in a musical family in Finland, I studied music and worked as a freelance musician and drum teacher through the 80s and 90s. If music was my first way of making sense of the world, web technologies opened up a new one. Curiosity has kept moving me since: a spell in the UK, a year in France, three years in Finland finishing my Master’s Degree in Economic Sciences, then seven years in Belgium and nine in Denmark, eventually making my way to Sweden.
Along the way I moved from musician to communications officer to web developer to accessibility specialist to agile team lead—picking up languages, perspectives, and a lasting interest in how people do their best work together. I’ve learned that the best teams aren’t built on process alone, but on psychological safety, trust, clarity, and genuine connection.
Today I’m drawn to sustainability-focused product organisations where technology serves well-being, resilience, or a fossil-free future. I read widely, practice mindfulness, think in systems, and head to the mountains as often as I can.
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