No secret changes hands. Ever.
We sell firsthand experience — the most valuable knowledge in business, and the easiest to get wrong. So the rules are short, absolute, and cost us money sometimes. We keep them anyway. They're why the conversations are good: people tell the truth when no secret is being traded.
Nobody speaks about a current employer on this platform. Not once, not "just background." Experts talk about companies they've left, from experience they own.
No documents, no trade secrets, no customer lists, no information anyone is bound not to share. Experts confirm the discussion can avoid confidential or restricted information and may decline anything that crosses a line. What's for sale is judgment and lived experience — what they tried, what broke, what they'd do differently.
Buyers don't learn expert names; experts don't learn buyer names. The transcript is emailed only to the commissioning buyer. Shared material is reviewed for identifying details. Voice, context or voluntary disclosure may reveal identity; absolute anonymity cannot be promised.
ThirdQuestion privately reviews relevant former-employment context before approving an engagement. No analysts, no summaries of summaries, no "industry experts" who read about it. If nobody lived it, we don't sell it — even when it would be easy to.
Experience is property. It was bought with years of someone's working life, and the person who earned it gets paid when it changes hands. We are not in the business of extracting wisdom for free.