This is my mom and dad arriving in Canada as teenagers. They barely spoke a word of English. Mom grew up under a staircase in Hong Kong. Dad grew up in Macau, also in abject poverty. His father walked out on his family when he was three. They arrived in Canada with no plan B.
Home / LinkedIn creators / Andrew Au

Andrew Au
I'm fascinated how technology creates better human experiences.
We read 332 of their posts. Here is what they actually do.
Engagement over time
Average likes per post, by month.
That puts them in the 79th percentile of the 2,189 creators we track in the 10K to 50K follower band. Reach is not the same as resonance, and this is the ratio that separates them.
Their hooks, word for word
The opening line of their best-performing posts. This is what stops the scroll.
- This is my mom and dad arriving in Canada as teenagers. ↗25K likes
- One of the most creative use cases I've seen for AI. ↗20K likes
- We were set to lose a star. He told us: ↗16K likes
- This is my mom and dad arriving in Canada as teenagers, not speaking a word of English. ↗14K likes
- This is one of my favorite takes on AI and the future of education from Sinead Bovell. ↗12K likes
- This is a great take on AI and the future of education from Sinead Bovell ↗7.4K likes
Content pillars
What they post about, with a line from a real post as evidence.
- Personal Vulnerability & Immigrant Heritage
Parents arriving in Canada with no plan B and childhood lessons.
- Human-Centric Remote Work & Culture
Accommodating a star employee moving to Pakistan instead of losing them.
- Pragmatic AI Adoption & Future of Work
Perspectives on AI in education, workplace disruption, and technological historical parallels.
Signature moves and voice
The repeatable moves that show up across their best posts.
- Open with visceral, high-stakes personal backstory hooks.
- Use three-to-four single-sentence lines before dropping a core insight.
- Contrast modern AI panic with historical automation milestones.
What works for them
Patterns that separate their top posts from the rest.
- Deeply personal family resilience stories vastly outperform technical analysis posts.
- Uplifting, human-focused AI applications drive massive viral reach over tech news.
- Workplace empathy case studies resonate far stronger than event promotions.
When they post
Every post, grouped by day of week.
Best day is Friday at 923 average likes. Monday is their weakest at 45.
What format works
Text, image, video or carousel, ranked by what actually lands for them.
| Format | Posts | Avg likes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video | 84 | 1.3K | |
| Image | 106 | 839 | |
| Carousel | 4 | 581 | |
| Text only | 138 | 284 |
Format fingerprint
How their posts are built, measured across every post we analysed.
Steal this
Moves you can apply to your own posts this week.
- Share unfiltered family origin stories tied directly to core professional values.
- Frame emerging AI anxiety using historical technological precedents like spreadsheets and calculators.
- Highlight specific, positive human outcomes rather than product specs when discussing tech.
Best-performing posts
Ranked by likes, across everything we analysed.
One of the most creative use cases I've seen for AI. A teacher uses AI to show her students what their future could look like if they followed their dream careers. I absolutely love this. ❤️
We were set to lose a star. He told us: "I need to go home to Pakistan, for my family." We didn't want to say goodbye, so we: - Considered opening an office in Islamabad - Discussed how best we could support him - Rolled out a fully-remote setup He's now WFH in Islamabad, 6813 miles away.
This is my mom and dad arriving in Canada as teenagers, not speaking a word of English. My mom grew up under a staircase in Hong Kong. My dad grew up in Macau, also in abject poverty. His father walked out on his family when he was three. They arrived in Canada with no plan B.
This is one of my favorite takes on AI and the future of education from Sinead Bovell. School isn’t about teaching students what to think. It’s teaching them how to think. In an AI-driven world, that means working with technology, not against it. AI isn’t the future.
Similar creators
Comparable follower counts, analysed the same way.
Stop paying $3,000 for what 2pr does in 1 minute.
free trial, no limits on requests — start growing on LinkedIn today.
Built from public LinkedIn posts, last refreshed 2026-11-07. Follower counts and engagement change over time. Andrew Au is not affiliated with 2pr.io.