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Conversations with executive search leaders on strategy, innovation, and the future of talent
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CEO of Spencer Stuart: Building the Next Era of Executive Search, Jordan Brugg on Private Equity, CEO Succession, and AI
Spencer Stuart CEO Jordan Brugg joins Fahad Jalal to unpack what makes executive search firms endure—collective entrepreneurship, client trust, and leadership development—plus why talent is becoming private equity's biggest lever for value creation and what AI really changes about the work.
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Founder and CEO of JM Search: Scaling Executive Search Without Losing the Human Edge, John Marshall on JM Search, Private Equity, and AI
John Marshall has spent four decades building JM Search from a one-person operation into a major retained search firm. He and Fahad Jalal unpack what actually scales in executive search—judgment, people development, equity alignment, private equity expertise—and why AI accelerates the work without replacing the human edge.
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Managing Partner of Boyden: How CPG & Retail Companies Find the Right Leaders, Issy Perez on Mentorship, P&L Judgment, and What AI Actually Changes
Fahad Jalal sits down with Boyden's Issy Perez to unpack how great CPG and retail companies actually hire well—from early-career development and GM readiness to P&L trade-offs, board dynamics, role clarity, and where AI genuinely speeds up executive search.
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Partner at JM Search: How to Hire GTM Leaders in the Age of Private Equity and AI
Fahad Jalal and Scott Wielar explore how private equity and AI are changing GTM leadership hiring—from defining the right mandate to assessing the leaders who can scale revenue with speed, discipline, and strategic judgment.
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CITO of Leathwaite: The Future of Executive Search — AI, Data, and the Human Advantage
Fahad Jalal and Ken Dickie unpack what must change inside executive search firms before AI delivers real value—from adoption and workflow design to candidate experience, compliance, and the human advantage.
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Partner at Spencer Stuart: Executive Search in the AI Era, Jason Baumgarten on CEO Hiring, Fit, Boards, and Why Expertise Still Wins
Jason Baumgarten joins Fahad Jalal for a conversation on CEO hiring, fit, boards, and why deep expertise still matters as AI reshapes executive search.
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President of Kelly: Future of Staffing & Recruiting in the Age of AI
Staffing and recruiting are entering a structural reset, not just a short-term down cycle. In this conversation, Hugo Malan and Fahad Jalal break down why staffing has experienced multiple years of decline, what's structurally changed in labor markets, and how AI is shifting the value chain from sourcing to screening to interviewing.
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CIO of Spencer Stuart: Driving AI Adoption Without Losing the Human Edge, David Baruch on Executive Search
Spencer Stuart CIO David Baruch joins Fahad Jalal to unpack what it really takes to make technology change stick inside a global search firm—turning around a core platform, putting adoption at the center of AI strategy, and knowing where AI helps and where it cannot replace the human edge.
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