Annual Review of New Role Secrecy Window
The period between accepting a new position and announcing it publicly has been examined annually since 2018. This is the 2021 review.
HEARING TRANSCRIPT Annual Review of New Role Secrecy Window 2021 Session
PRESIDING OFFICER: This is the fourth annual review. The subject is the period between the acceptance of a new professional position and its public announcement. The period is referred to in this proceeding as the window. The window has been documented in each of the three prior sessions. Is that characterization accurate?
SUBJECT: It is.
PRESIDING OFFICER: In 2018 the window was approximately two weeks. In 2019 the window was approximately ten days. In 2020 the review was suspended due to circumstances this record does not need to detail.
SUBJECT: Correct.
PRESIDING OFFICER: The 2021 window is under review. Please describe its current length.
SUBJECT: The window is ongoing. No announcement has been made.
PRESIDING OFFICER: The window is ongoing.
SUBJECT: Yes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: The position was accepted some time ago.
SUBJECT: Some time ago, yes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: The window is the same window it has always been. It is longer now.
SUBJECT: The circumstances of the announcement have been more complex this year. The timing involves the tenure of a current role that is not yet concluded, a team whose members should ideally hear the news before it is published more broadly, and a platform announcement that requires coordination with the new organization's communications function.
PRESIDING OFFICER: Those are the structural reasons.
SUBJECT: Yes.
PRESIDING OFFICER: What are the other reasons?
SUBJECT: The announcement requires a photograph, a sentence that summarizes the new role, and a description of what the subject is excited about. These elements require a state of mind that has not been consistently available.
PRESIDING OFFICER: The photograph.
SUBJECT: The photograph.
PRESIDING OFFICER: The window will close when the photograph is taken.
SUBJECT: The window will close when the photograph is taken and approved and the sentence is written and the excitement is accurately characterized.
PRESIDING OFFICER: The review finds the window in good standing. Its length is unusual but not unprecedented. The review is adjourned.
SUBJECT: Thank you.