Vox Jo Hsu

Collaborators We are part of the collaborative group: 'Complex Chronic Illness Collective'. Contributors This article was collectively conceived and written collaboratively amongst all authors. VJS and MM led the framing and writing of their case studies. The remaining authors contributed to writing, rewriting, collectively discussing and debating, and editing the final draft of the manuscript. EM serves as guarantor.

At worst, headhunting is seen as expensive, manipulative and secretive: an unscrupulous business of networks and address books, lunches, and cajolery. Perhaps the “secrecy” tag is the most justified of the three misconceptions, as any service industry requiring a high level of discretion inevitably runs the risk of seeming mysterious. Confidentiality and tact are central to not only the success but also to the basic operation of executive search.

There’s no stopping the rise of “nepo babies”—and 2023 is well and truly their year. The latest child of someone famous to prove this point is Destry Spielberg. Steven Spielberg’s filmmaker daughter has just been hired to direct an action movie from the producers of the John Wick franchise. Four Assassins (And A Funeral) will be her feature film directing debut, and it comes on the back of a short film she made with some friends who also have famous folks called Let Me Go The Right Way.