Permanent or temporary sounds like a contract.
It is a seat question.
Who owns the yes over time?
Who may stop — even after month six?
Who stays when the hype drops?
Christian Pobbig and Beyond Chiefs work from Hamburg on AI Executive Search in DACH. This page cuts permanence. It is not interim-vs-fractional and not an interim-to-permanent path.
Permanent means: the bearer holds the yes for the long run.
Temporary means: capacity and build — with a clear horizon and handoff.
Both need the same brief: rights, stop, proof.
Without a brief, “temporary” is only an excuse for unclear rights.
Build. Cut. Hand off to the permanent bearer.
Not: endless “let’s see first.”
Not: a yes without stop because it is “only interim.”
One-line pointers to interim hubs are fine. Spine here: seat permanence.
Budget owner. Reporting line. Proof cycle.
No decorative title without a yes.
No silent line veto after start.
Permanent without a mandate is only a payroll structure.
Because speed looks cheaper than rights.
Because boards hide uncertainty behind “temporary first.”
Because form hubs (interim, fractional) try to replace the permanence question — and must not.
If the AI seat is real, open the AI Executive Search mandate with a permanence cut in the brief.
If you only pick a contract type, you have not decided the seat yet.
No. Weaker is temporary without a yes-cut and handoff.
No. Permanent without a mandate burns the title.
No. That owns form paths. This owns seat permanence.
