About Jaakko
Your team won't grow if you're not in the right state to lead it
I work at the intersection of building high-performing leadership teams and developing resilient, self-aware leaders - integrating systematic ways of moving fast with the art of slowing down.
Over 15 years as a senior leader within leading tech companies across Europe and the US, I've scaled companies from Series A through post-IPO. I was Dropbox's top-performing go-to-market leader globally for seven consecutive years, with an early career at Google and American Express. Moving fast became an inherent value.
But speed without self-awareness creates overload. And for a long time, speed was also a convenient way to avoid facing the behavioral and emotional patterns I'd carried since childhood - patterns I'd never stopped long enough to examine. My career had become a chase of a moving goalpost - and I never felt enough. The accumulated stress turned into severe burnout. Only by facing one hard thing after another over five years did I find capacity, life force, and joy again. By learning to slow down, listen, and work with the right methods, I found a depth of presence and aliveness I didn't think was possible.
That's why I do this work.
Certified & Trained In:
Conscious Leadership · Functional Breathwork · Enneagram · Yoga 200hrs · Parts Work (IFS) · Freediving (AIDA3)