Krista Bradford is CEO of the retained executive search firm The Good Search, which is Powered by Intellerati, the executive search research lab and AI incubator. An Emmy Award-winning television journalist and investigative reporter, Ms. Bradford now pursues truth, justice, and great talent in the executive suite.
MarketBeat surveyed 3,021 Americans to identify the most inspirational woman business leader in every state. Krista Bradford, founder and CEO of The Good Search, was named Connecticut’s top leader and ranked 59th nationally. The Hartford…
The Good Search Launches Intellerati, the executive search research lab and AI Incubator of the firm. The lab offers sourcing and candidate development support for C-level leadership recruiting. Intellerati also builds custom org charts for…
The Good Search successfully recruited The Good Search has recruited Heidi Williams to the role of CTO at Murmuration, a nonprofit organization founded CEO Emma Bloomberg, named one of USA TODAY’s 2026 Women of…
For most of its short history, the Chief AI Officer role was not a C-suite role at all. It was nested inside engineering, reporting to the CTO or CIO, focused on implementation rather than strategy.…
When physicians leave states where the law prevents them from practicing medicine to the standard of care, they don’t leave alone. They bring families, colleagues, and the institutional gravity of entire research ecosystems. Connecticut is…
Explore how Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Apple CEO Tim Cook have evolved Steve Jobs’ uncompromising recruitment philosophy into collaborative “star systems.” We examine the shift in executive search toward behavioral capability and resilience, ensuring…
At the senior executive level, everyone has the pedigree. The only thing that separates the transformational hire from the impressive one is vision — and vision doesn’t show up on a resume. Executive search veteran…
The Good Search, LLC is featured in the Hunt Scanlon Daily Newswire in the article, “When to Turn to an Executive Search Firm”. Hunt Scanlon Media is a market research firm that provides human capital…
In the modern economy, the delta between functional and transformational leadership is the primary driver of institutional alpha. This strategic briefing outlines the diagnostic framework for de-risking executive acquisitions, identifying the critical triggers—from market complexity…
In the hyper-automated landscape of 2026, radical personalization is a vital leadership competency. Explore the neuroscience of human connection—from Joe Biden’s ‘Relational Architecture’ to the brand authority of Breaking Bad—and why saying a name is…
Chief Executive Officers regularly grapple with how to recruit the right executive. I have recruited top executives and technologists for the past decade and a half. Over the same period, I have also made hires…
A 2026 retrospective on the engineering retention crisis. This briefing explores how ‘Brogrammer’ culture and the Manosphere drive talent attrition, and how the ‘Village’ provides the infrastructure for inclusion.
AI has commoditized the “perfect” resume, making it harder than ever to distinguish top talent from algorithmic polish. Explore 12 reasons why investigative retained search has become a strategic imperative for CEOs and CHROs looking…
Corporate executive search has reached a breaking point. Boards and CEOs are drowning in a sea of AI-generated applications while candidates, feeling the pressure of a stagnant market, apply to thousands of jobs at companies…
In the high-stakes world of executive leadership, “Client Blockage” is a systemic inefficiency that compromises the ROI of large-scale search. This analytical briefing deconstructs how structural constraints at global giants create talent blind spots, and…
The experimental phase of generative AI—AI that teaches itself—has led to a major scientific breakthrough: Agentic AI. This form of artificial intelligence can operate independently in the real world and perform tasks through autonomous workflows.…
The race to appoint a ‘symbolic’ AI leader has ended; the era of operational orchestration has begun. Discover why the 2026 mandate for the Chief AI Officer has shifted from experimental pilots to governing autonomous…
Krista Bradford, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Good Search, is a featured speaker at the Sixth Annual IT Summit at Harvard University. She appears on a discussion panel titled “Diversity in IT:…
As AI transitions from experimental pilots to autonomous business agents, the role of the Chief Data Officer has undergone a seismic shift. This deep dive explores why CEOs must move past “defensive” data hiring. Learn…
In the era of ‘The Great Stay,’ the relationship between employer and executive has become increasingly transparent—for the employer. With 2026 workplace surveillance tools now capable of flagging external headhunter outreach in real-time, many technologists…
The Good Search has been named one of the Top 50 Woman-Owned Businesses in Connecticut again. DiversityBusiness.com also has named the retained executive search firm one of the Top 100 Diversity-Owned Businesses in Connecticut. Moreover,…
For a senior leader, a relationship with a top-tier search partner isn’t just a networking goal; it is a strategic asset that can define your career trajectory and wealth-creation opportunities for decades.
Artificial Intelligence has reached an inflection point where it is no longer a differentiator in executive search; it is the baseline. Discover why information ubiquity is forcing a shift toward investigative research to maintain a…
In the competitive landscape of executive search, a LinkedIn profile is rarely the reason a candidate is hired, but it is frequently the reason a candidate is eliminated. At The Good Search, we approach recruiting…
The Good Search is named a Top 50 Connecticut Woman-Owned Business for the third time in a row. Connecticut’s govern commended The Good Search, LLC and all at the company who have worked hard…
