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Portrait of Emi Linds, global marketing leader, creative director and thought leader blending AI strategy with emotional intelligence and systems design, based in Calgary, Alberta

Emi Linds

Strategist, creative technologist, systems thinker. Building trust systems that scale. Creator of The Human Margin for AI. With a background spanning corporate revenue enablement and policy advocacy, she helps high-performing leaders make sense of complexity with clarity and care. Based in Canada, raising future innovators. Always building what only she can build, one piece at a time.

Category: The Human Margin

A person holding a swirling, abstract mask labeled with emotional confusion, facing forward with a calm, faceless presence. The mask symbolizes outdated coping mechanisms like legacy hierarchy or ambiguity. Artwork in warm yellow and muted blue tones, titled “Notes to Self” by Emi Linds.

The future won’t wait

Legacy hierarchy and ambiguity were once survival strategies. Today, they stall trust and clarity. This reflection explores what truly scales in modern systems, and what we must leave behind to lead with care and reorient with truth.

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July 15, 2025
A stylized silhouette of a samurai standing before a luminous circular grid and layered mountain terrain - symbolizing clarity, presence, and systems thinking.

Samurai ethics in the age of systems

Bushidō was a strategic code for conduct under pressure. This essay reframes seven core tenets as modern leadership principles for those building systems where ethics, clarity, and scale must coexist.

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July 6, 2025
Illustration of a woman (Emi Linds) holding a glowing flame with her eyes closed, symbolizing inner clarity and reflection. Text overlay reads “Note to Self: Why I Write.”

Why I write

I write and make art to process the world. This is how I stay sharp, human, and honest – while growing, parenting, and building systems that scale.

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July 1, 2025
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