Emilie founded the company Activ'Action to equip unemployed people and society with the core capabilities to seize such an opportunity to learn and grow. Emilie developed a unique framework for the unemployed to self-organize in local optimist communities, with the goal of changing people’s mindset to see and use unemployment as a phase to grow and better equip oneself for how work and society are changing.

Activ'Action has held over 1200+ workshops in 20 cities in 6 different countries, reaching 7,000 unemployed people. In Strasbourg, a local association supporting women in underprivileged neighborhoods included Activ’Action sessions as an integral part of the training track they provide; the public authority of Strasbourg decided to co-develop with Activ’Action a new public program for the unemployed that will integrate Activ’Action workshops.