If you’ve ever engaged a traditional executive search firm (a.k.a. headhunter) to fill a senior role, you might have experienced some frustration. Perhaps you paid an eye-watering fee, only to be handed a shortlist of the “usual suspects” – candidates you could have predicted (or even found yourself via LinkedIn). Maybe the process felt slow and opaque, dominated by CVs and spiel about “extensive networks” but delivering underwhelming results. You’re not alone...