A board chair is putting together a shortlist for a non-executive director role. She’s not calling a recruiter. She opens an AI tool and types in the expertise she’s looking for. Your name doesn’t come up. Not because you’re not qualified. Because the AI has never heard of you. In 2026, the first filter isn’t a recruiter’s memory — it’s an algorithm. And if your LinkedIn presence isn’t sending the right signals, you don’t exist to the systems making decisions about you.

In this episode Lynnaire Johnston unpacks why so many accomplished senior leaders are invisible to the AI tools now shaping professional opportunity and why posting more isn’t the fix.

This episode introduces the first foundation of the Link•Ability Blueprint: Discovery. Lynnaire explains how LinkedIn functions as both a search engine and a data source for AI systems, and what that means for whether your expertise gets found, cited, and recommended. She breaks down the four signals that determine your discoverability – semantic alignment, topic consistency, network interactions, and comment-led visibility – and shows why this is a structural problem, not a personality problem, and one any senior leader can fix.

Link•Ability Blueprint — Lynnaire's strategic model for AI-aware LinkedIn visibility, covering the four foundations of Discovery, Perception, Connection, and Momentum.

Lynnaire on LinkedIn — Connect or follow her for regular AI visibility strategies and updates

Lynnaire's book — Link•Ability: 4 Powerful Strategies to Maximise Your LinkedIn Success