01 / Possibility
Possibility.
An almost instinctive refusal to accept that what is currently visible represents the full extent of what is possible.
Curiosity · Challenging assumptions · Creative thinking
Hello stranger
I am Emilie.
Strong on communication, trust and integrity. Curious by nature, development-oriented by instinct and a problem solver at heart, I believe there is usually more potential in people, organisations and ideas than meets the eye.
Some might call me a ridiculous (time) optimist. Personally, I prefer possibilist, although I will happily accept both. Where some see a limitation, I tend to get curious. I like to think challenges are possibilities in disguise. And that every ending holds the promise of another beginning, another chance to learn, question or rethink.
Sometimes, all it takes is a change of perspective.
Perhaps that's why I've never been much of a linear thinker.
After all, change and growth rarely follow a straight line, and complex problems rarely call for simple solutions.
Growing up, I was taught that questions are rarely stupid. Quite the opposite. If you want to understand the world, you have to be curious enough to question it. And open enough to let what comes back challenge your perspective.
Because rarely does one perspective tell the whole story.
So I look for the red thread. And when it is missing, I create one.
Each piece has a story of its own. What emerges between them reveals a bigger picture.
Consider this CV part of my red thread. I invite you to follow it, piece things together and make your own sense of what you find.
And if it leaves you with a question or two, perhaps that is where our conversation begins.
01 / Education
Six years of problem-based learning.
Academically raised on problem-based, project-oriented learning, grounded in real-world complexities, collaboration and the interplay of perspectives.
A way of learning that became a way of thinking. Admittedly, I've never been particularly good at considering a question settled.
When change is our new constant,why would understanding ever be final?
MA
Culture, Communication & Globalisation
Aalborg University · 2021–2023
Specialisation in Organisational Change & Leadership
Organisational change · Leadership & culture · Strategic communication · Intercultural collaboration · Organisational communities
Thesis: Challenges and Complexities across Organizational Communities
In collaboration with IMPACT Commerce
12
Thesis grade
BA
Organisational Learning
Aalborg University · 2018–2021
Organisational learning & development · Change processes · Knowledge creation · Research & evaluation · Learning design
Thesis: Realization of Organizational Learning Potentials
In collaboration with Siemens Gamesa
12
Thesis grade
02 / Experience
Curiosity, put to work.
My professional world sits where people, organisations, strategy and experience meet.
- Recruitments
- 300+
- Recruitments
- Managers advised
- 50+
- Managers advised
- Countries collaborated across
- 7
- Countries collaborated across
2020–Present
IMPACT Commerce · Aarhus
2023–Present
People & Culture Consultant
Formal roots in Talent Acquisition, with a practice spanning people and organisational development, strategy implementation, change, communication, culture, learning and concept development.
Talent Acquisition & Search
End-to-end recruitment across seniority levels, including senior and strategic searches, sourcing, assessment and selection.
Leadership & Stakeholder Advisory
Sparring with 50+ hiring managers on workforce needs, role definition, talent decisions, team capabilities and recruitment strategy.
People & Culture Development
Contributing across recurring P&C initiatives and emerging strategic priorities, helping identify needs, shape concepts, challenge ideas and translate direction into practical initiatives.
Concepts, Culture & Communication
Co-creating and advising on initiatives spanning organisational communities, intranet, employee experience, employer branding and internal communication.
Process & Experience Improvement
Developing recruitment practices, manager enablement and processes with attention to quality, simplicity, stakeholder alignment and candidate experience.
2021–2023
Student Assistant, People & Culture
Supporting recruitment, employee journeys, employer branding, onboarding and learning initiatives alongside my master's degree.
Recruitment, talent acquisition and LinkedIn sourcing.
Employee preboarding, onboarding and employee experience.
Created Starship, an early-career learning programme.
HR systems, administration and support across People & Culture projects.
2020–2021
Student Assistant, Business Consulting
Research, data analysis and customer experience within digital commerce.
Research and analysis for the Omnichannel Report 2020 and Customer Satisfaction Report 2021.
Supported reporting, presentations and customer experience insights.
2022–2025
Voluntary / Community
FEMVÆRKET · Aarhus
Founding Member & Content Creator
Co-founded a professional women's network bringing together different backgrounds and perspectives, creating a non-competitive space for shared learning, professional sparring and mutual support.
2019–2020
Aalborg University · Aalborg
Student Assistant, Department of Culture & Learning
Supported academic research through qualitative data collection, empirical analysis and the systematic exploration of complex human and organisational perspectives.
2016–2018
Illums Bolighus · Aarhus
Sales Advisor
Advisory and customer experience within fashion, interiors and design.
2015–2016
Skandium Ltd · London
Interior Design Consultant
An early step outside familiar surroundings. Living and working abroad while developing experience in interior design consultancy, storytelling, visual merchandising and international client relations.
03 / A Matter of Perspective
More than the sum
of its parts.
I believe in people's potential.Especially when they have yet to see it themselves.
02 / Belief
Belief.
A fascination with what happens when people begin to see possibilities in themselves that they hadn't previously considered. Because belief has a curious way of changing what we dare to attempt.
Empowerment · Ownership · Development
03 / Coherence
Coherence.
Connecting perspectives, intentions and actions into a bigger picture. Because even the strongest idea loses something when the experience doesn't live up to the intention.
Sensemaking · Concept development · Experience
Coherence in practice
- Intention.
- What we're trying to achieve. And why it matters.
- Translation.
- How intentions become decisions, actions and everyday practice.
- Experience.
- What people actually encounter, understand and take away.
01 / Intention
02 / Translation
03 / Experience
“I have a slightly unreasonable relationship with quality.”
Aesthetics isn't decoration.It's coherence.
What I stand for
- Curiosity over assumptions.
- I'd rather ask one question too many than mistake my perspective for the whole story.
- Trust over control.
- Give people ownership, room to think and the confidence to find their own way.
- Integrity over appearances.
- What we do should reflect what we say. Especially when nobody is watching.
- Co-creation over convincing.
- The most interesting ideas rarely belong to one perspective. They emerge when we're willing to build on each other's.
Don't just take
my word for it.
Some stories are better told from another perspective.
References available upon request
06 / Where our threads meet
Perhaps this is where our threads meet.
Only one way to find out.