Tracking the Future of Work, Leadership & Careers.
Leadership decisions shape organizations. Talent decisions shape careers. WITH-DIES works at the intersection of both.
Independent executive search, board opportunity research and talent intelligence for organizations and professionals navigating what comes next.
What decision are you trying to get right?
Find the right leader
For organizations identifying executives for critical leadership mandates.
Build the right board
For organizations researching board chairs, independent directors, non-executive directors and board advisors.
Identify the right talent
For organizations looking beyond obvious candidates to discover relevant expertise.
Understand your next move
For experienced professionals evaluating career, executive and board opportunities.
Where leadership decisions meet talent intelligence.
We focus on the people, capabilities and opportunities that influence what comes next.
Executive Search
Identify senior professionals whose experience, judgment and capabilities align with critical organizational mandates.
Board Search
Research and identify potential Board Chairs, Independent Directors, Non-Executive Directors, Lead Independent Directors and Board Advisors.
Talent Identification
Research specific markets, functions and professional networks to identify talent relevant to a defined need.
Board & Stakeholder Advisory
Support research and thinking around leadership, governance, stakeholders and strategic talent.
Career Advisory
Help experienced professionals understand their positioning, evaluate possibilities and approach their next move with greater clarity.
A search is not successful because a name was found.
It is successful when the right experience, capability and context come together.
Understand
Understand the mandate, organization, leadership environment and strategic requirement.
Identify
Research beyond obvious networks to identify professionals whose experience may genuinely fit the need.
Assess
Consider relevance, leadership experience, strategic perspective and potential alignment before a conversation moves forward.
Better decisions begin with better intelligence.
The boardroom requires a different kind of perspective.
Boards are not built by titles alone. They require judgment, independence, relevant experience and the ability to contribute when the decisions are difficult.
Board Chair
Independent Director
Non-Executive Director
Lead Independent Director
Board Advisor
Corporate Director
Board Opportunity Research
WITH-DIES researches board-level opportunities and identifies potential alignment between mandates and professional experience. We research, identify and assess. We do not promise appointments.
Explore Board OpportunitiesYour next role should make sense for where you are going.
Career progression at senior levels is rarely about simply finding another title. It is about finding the right environment, mandate, challenge and opportunity to create meaningful impact.
Live mandates are shown by category only. Confidential client details are never published.
Explore OpportunitiesThe strongest candidate is not always the most visible one.
Important talent can sit outside obvious networks. Focused research can reveal experience, expertise and leadership perspectives that conventional searches may overlook.
Talent intelligence turns a broad market into a more informed search.
What becomes possible when the right people meet the right opportunity?
A leadership appointment can influence an organization’s direction.
A board appointment can bring a new perspective into the room.
A career move can change the trajectory of an experienced professional.
WITH-DIES exists around these moments.
We research the possibilities. People make the decisions.
WITH-DIES Insights
Research and perspectives on the future of work, leadership, talent and careers.
Leadership is changing. So is the way organizations find it.
Organizations are navigating changing markets, new technologies, evolving workforce expectations and increasingly complex leadership decisions.
The question is no longer simply “Who is available?” It is “Who is right for what comes next?”
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Daniel A.
Independent by design. Focused by purpose.
WITH-DIES was built around a simple belief: important decisions about people deserve thoughtful research, clear judgment and a genuine understanding of context.
Daniel A. Darasimi leads WITH-DIES with a focus on executive search, leadership opportunities, board research, talent intelligence and career direction.
Akinyele Daniel Darasimi · Founder & Principal, WITH-DIES
Meet DanielIndependent by design.
Independence
An independent perspective without the institutional complexity of a large global network.
Research
Focused research designed to understand the people, markets and mandates behind an opportunity.
Confidentiality
Sensitive leadership and career conversations handled with discretion.
Context
Talent decisions make more sense when experience is considered alongside the organization’s actual needs.
We do not believe every search requires more names. We believe it requires better judgment.
Less noise. Better decisions.
More profiles.
More applications.
More noise.
Relevant research.
Focused identification.
Context-driven assessment.
Meaningful conversations.
The objective is not to produce the longest list. The objective is to help create a better-informed decision.
The next conversation could shape what comes next.
Whether you are considering a leadership search, researching board talent or thinking carefully about your own next opportunity, start a confidential conversation with WITH-DIES.
The future does not arrive fully formed. It is shaped by the people who lead it.
WITH-DIES researches the talent, leadership and opportunities that can help organizations and professionals move toward what comes next.
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