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Professor & poet in Edinburgh. Home of the Slow AI Curriculum for Critical AI Literacy. Author of GenAI in Higher Education (Bloomsbury, 2026)
Chronic wanderlust, deeply curious, boundless energy | Former Sesame Street, Netflix, PBS Kids | Mom (teen girl and English bulldog) | Doctorate in education.
Emily is the writer of The Landing, the #1 parenting Substack and soft place for real life to arrive. Bestselling author, founder of Simplified®, and advocate for women who refuse to shrink in a world that expects us to do it all.
Practical AI tutorials for people who'd rather replace than be replaced by AI.
I am a full-time solopreneur running a 6 figures SaaS for busy Substack Creator (writestack.io). Subscribe to watch my journey and learn as I do.
Advising growth with compliance built-in | Expat >Immigrant >Third-culture mom. \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 | Ex-Amazon, Deloitte, KPMG
Nicolle is a journalist and storyteller. She's written for The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Today’s Parent, Channel 4, the CBC, and more. In Human+AI, she writes about how AI affects society.
Writing for the 4% who measure business growth by client wins. Building FlowOS - AI toolkit that amplifies care and momentum without replacing connection. For a decade I’ve watched entrepreneurs lose clients while chasing growth. Not here.
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