Andrew Hilger

Andrew Hilger helps people find fulfillment in this ever-changing world of work.

  • TEDx Talk Live! — The One Career Skill AI Can’t Replace

    TEDx Talk Live! — The One Career Skill AI Can’t Replace

    Remember being a kid a day or two shy of your birthday? Time crawled. Molasses in January. That’s the time between giving a TEDx talk and the talk actually going live. Only you don’t have a date. And you have too much time to think about how it might bomb.You spend weeks stuck in this…

  • An Open Letter to the Demoralized Job Seeker

    An Open Letter to the Demoralized Job Seeker

    If you’re like most job seekers, you’ve diligently responded to postings– you’ve crafted cover letters and tweaked your resume only to hear… well… nothing. The only thing worse might be when you’ve heard something– getting invited to a video interview, maybe even a live interview, thinking it went well– only to hear… well… nothing. Or…

  • TEDx Jacksonville Is a Wrap

    TEDx Jacksonville Is a Wrap

    TEDx Talk in the books! Standing on that red circle, I felt equal parts terror and exhilaration. When I delivered my first line, I had a tingling in my hand and, for a fleeting moment, thought the terror might win. Not so fast… The overwhelming support and love brought a calm and joy to the…

  • Favorite Books of 2025

    Favorite Books of 2025

    People are reading less. That’s a problem. The infinite scroll and its algorithmically-boosted video content has stolen our attention and locked it away. It’s easy to move with the herd… but it’s also easier than ever to be different. To read more, not less. The world needs ideas that can’t be distilled into an Instagram…

  • Time to Dream about the Green Lines

    Time to Dream about the Green Lines

    Anna Mary Robertson Moses had serious arthritis pain. She refused to let it hold her back— took up painting as a form of therapy. Turns out, she had both a passion and talent for folk art, an unusual discovery for someone in her late 70s. Her paintings were soon featured in galleries around the world,…

  • When Funny Isn’t So Funny

    When Funny Isn’t So Funny

    Thoughts on Building a Character-Based Culture I’ve been fortunate to associate with people of high character. Honest, hard workers who model integrity. Of course there have been exceptions. Once in a while, you’re bound to come across someone who puts themself above the team. Cuts corners. Is loose with the truth. The best cultures sniff…

Andrew Hilger

Writer | Speaker | Advisor

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