Artificial intelligence is moving fast into executive search. Promising speed, scale, and efficiency, it is reshaping how leaders are identified and shortlisted.

In this episode of The Responsible Edge, Simon Heal, founder of Myco Search, explains why judgment cannot be automated when leadership decisions shape long-term outcomes. Drawing on more than twenty-five years in executive search and his current work in food and agri-food technology, Heal explores where AI adds value and where it creates risk.

The conversation covers:

- How AI tools are changing recruitment workflows

- Why historical data can reinforce narrow leadership patterns

- The danger of filtering out potential in emerging industries

- What transparency should look like in executive search

- Why food system leadership carries ethical weight

“AI is very good at spotting patterns,” Heal says. “It cannot spot potential.”

This episode is for founders, boards, recruiters, and anyone thinking seriously about how technology should support, not replace, human responsibility in hiring.

Listen, reflect, and consider where judgment belongs.

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