Hello Jill Hoffman Information

Jill Hoffman is a keynote speaker, author, and investor who helps people think clearly when the room has already decided. Her core idea: the world rewards certainty, but clarity is what actually moves people forward. They're not the same thing, and confusing them is why capable people stay stuck longer than they should. She speaks to organizations navigating the moments where pressure is highest, consensus forms fast, and the cost of deferring to whoever sounds most certain is steepest. Her two signature talks, Think Before the Crowd and Growing Up With the Modern Wright Brothers, have been delivered to leadership teams, aviation communities, entrepreneurial audiences, and civic organizations nationwide. Jill is the daughter of world-record pilot Dick Rutan, first to fly nonstop around the world, and niece of aerospace designer Burt Rutan, whose aircraft hang in the Smithsonian. She was featured on a three-part Freakonomics series on grit, failure, and reinvention, and is the author of How to Build an Airplane in Your Living Room. Her next book is forthcoming from Greenleaf Book Group in 2027. She writes In Her Orbit — one room at a time, from the rooms she's actually in: aerospace, commercial space, AI, and the investor conversations where those decisions get made. She invests in frontier technology companies, which means the judgment she teaches is judgment she has money on. Engagements are priced based on format, audience, and travel. Every talk is built specifically for the room.