Press Release
New Bespoke Training Helps Executive Search Firms Build Practical, Responsible AI Capability
New York, NY, February 23, 2026 – The Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC) is proud to announce AI Intensives with AESC | Epistemy, a personalized, hands-on professional development experience designed to help executive search firms unlock transformative AI capability without compromising quality, confidentiality, or the refined approach that differentiates top firms.
AI has the potential to reshape every stage of the executive search lifecycle, from research and candidate development to client communication and project execution. The AESC | Epistemy AI Intensives support firms in adopting AI wisely, responsibly, and effectively through a bespoke training program tailored to each team’s goals, needs, and workflows. Participants gain practical tools, guided experience, and AESC-aligned safeguards so AI strengthens performance rather than introducing risk.
Through the program, teams will learn how to:
- Prioritize high-impact AI use cases across the executive search lifecycle, focusing on where AI delivers the strongest strategic value
- Strengthen efficiency with prompting and templates to increase speed, accuracy, and consistency while maintaining confidentiality and quality
- Integrate ethics, governance, and risk controls including privacy protection, bias mitigation, and accuracy checks to ensure responsible adoption
- Apply role-specific action plans for researchers, associates, consultants, and partners to drive measurable productivity gains and workflow consistency
Designed for teams of any size and composition, the program equips professionals at all levels to apply AI confidently and ethically in an executive search context.
AESC is proud to partner with Epistemy, an AI consultancy focused on turning AI from experimentation into real-world impact to offer this programming. Epistemy helps search and talent advisory firms adopt AI in ways that enhance consultant effectiveness without compromising quality or confidentiality. By tailoring AI use to each firm’s workflows and maturity, they enable faster insight generation, more scalable expertise, and consistent standards across teams — all while keeping human judgment at the center.
To learn more or customize your program, visit https://www.aesc.org/learning-development/ai-intensives-with-aesc-epistemy/
About AESC
AESC Member firms place and advise the world’s board directors and C-suite leaders. Founded in 1959, AESC represents the global gold standard in executive search and leadership consulting, bringing together over 16,000 professionals in more than 80 countries. AESC Members are rigorously vetted to meet the highest standards in the profession, with only the top tier accepted into Membership.
To serve and promote its Members, AESC holds exclusive multi-day events and summits across the globe; provides in-person and online educational seminars and courses; operates the BlueSteps platform connecting candidates with AESC Member firms; publishes extensive industry research, as well as Executive Talent magazine; and provides access to exclusive Insight Exchanges and partnerships to assist Members with virtually every part of their business operations.
