Trust & standards

Clear boundaries make better advisory work possible.

Trust starts with an accurate account of what a service can do, who is responsible and what information should remain private.

Relevant expertise

A practitioner’s own delivery experience must fit the decision and its context. Community membership and previous job titles do not establish suitability.

Permission to participate

Employment obligations, professional duties and potential conflicts need to be understood before an assignment proceeds.

Appropriate information

Do not request or share employer-confidential information, material non-public information or data you are not authorised to disclose.

Defined responsibilities

The scope, deliverables, fees, review and responsibilities are agreed before work begins. The sponsor retains business decision authority.

Independent choices

Advisory, community membership, marketing, public profiles and recruitment are separate choices. An application does not consent to all of them.

Evidence and limitations

Recommendations should distinguish facts, experience and assumptions. Missing evidence and out-of-scope questions remain visible.

Before the first submission

Keep your initial
brief nonconfidential.

  • No employee spreadsheets or personal records
  • No identity, salary or bank documents
  • No private employer or client files
  • No automatic recording or public profile

Our forms save a private enquiry or application for manual review in the existing HCI Talks process. No membership or marketing subscription is created.

Read the privacy information

A concern should
have somewhere to go.

For correction or withdrawal, use the existing HCI Talks privacy contact process and include your submission reference. Share only the information needed to identify your request.

Privacy contact process ↗

For a potential data incident, the existing HCI Talks incident page explains the reporting channel and process.

Incident reporting information ↗

Let’s start a conversation

A better decision starts with the right question.

Discuss your requirement

Start with a short, nonconfidential brief.