{"id":4665,"date":"2026-07-10T11:23:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=4665"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:01:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:01:54","slug":"emily-kaija","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/speaker\/emily-kaija\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Kaija"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emily Kaija is the Director of People and Culture at XWP, a globally distributed, remote-first Gold-level WordPress VIP agency. Over four years in the WordPress ecosystem, she has worked closely with engineers, leaders, and distributed teams to build the conditions for honest, effective, human work. She is not a developer \u2014 and that&#8217;s exactly why she&#8217;s the right person for this talk. Emily thrives in the conversations most people are trying to avoid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5020\" style=\"width:auto;height:50px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-766x157.jpg 766w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-500x103.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4700 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-track-1-ai\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/session\/the-elephant-in-the-server-room-honest-conversations-about-ai-identity-and-the-future-of-our-work\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Elephant in the (Server) Room: Honest Conversations About AI, Identity, and the Future of Our Work<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-wcb_track wp-block-post-terms has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Track: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/track\/track-1-ai\/\" rel=\"tag\">AI<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">AI is changing how we work faster than we can process it. For many engineers, that comes with questions we haven&#8217;t quite found the words for yet: What does this mean for my skills? My career? My identity as someone who builds things This session isn&#8217;t a technical deep-dive and it doesn&#8217;t come with answers.&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Kaija is the Director of People and Culture at XWP, a globally distributed, remote-first Gold-level WordPress VIP agency. Over four years in the WordPress ecosystem, she has worked closely with engineers, leaders, and distributed teams to build the conditions for honest, effective, human work. 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